I hate Gone With the Wind with a passion, so that shadowed my own viewing of 'Beethoven's Fifth Gold Digger.' I do love that dynamic vid editing and movement!

Since you liked 'Martina,' I recommend an excellent series on the treatment of rape in VM (three brief parts: 1 (http://thehathorlegacy.com/rape-in-veronica-mars-part-1/), 2 (http://thehathorlegacy.com/rape-in-veronica-mars-part-2/), 3 (http://thehathorlegacy.com/rape-in-veronica-mars-third-and-final/)) and comments, especially those for part 3. The author has also written a really good, short essay on the VM episode 'Debasement Tapes': 'Grade' is not the verb I'd choose (http://thehathorlegacy.com/veronica-mars-grade-is-not-the-verb-id-choose/).

Since you liked 'Jack,' I also recommend '3 AM Call.' (http://shati.livejournal.com/201480.html) It's about how Niki is portrayed on Heroes, how she's constantly forced in a victim's position and strives to discover her identity. (http://community.livejournal.com/halfamoon/11869.html?thread=51805#t51805)

I wish this was the way it had turned out for them, especially poor Jessicaniki. It's disturbing, really, how they dealt with her - here is this woman who for once is stronger than a man, and for that her life is ripped apart by the seams. And when she does use this unsual strength, the message is that it's "wrong", "unnatural". A violation of how things should be. Like the message is if you are a strong woman, you will pay for it. It reminds me of something I read once, where a woman was saying that a female friend had taken a self-defense class and when the friend and her husband got into an argument, he grabbed a knife. He felt so threatened, because he couldn't control her anymore without a weapon.

Yes, the treatment of these and other women on Heroes has been so sad. Oh Jessicaniki. That anecdote is really telling, too.