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Whedon Clears the Air: Dollhouse Isn't a "Funny" House

 
Dollhouse</i>" />Dollhouse</i>" />Dollhouse</i>" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /> Trip through any reportage or recappage on Fox's Dollhouse and you'll spy a recurring refrain: Where is Joss Whedon's trademark wit? It's a fair cop. After all, snappy and snarky dialogue laden with "Whedonisms" and pop-culture references became a calling card of such series as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel . But at the risk of putting too fine a point on it, we're not in Sunnydale anymore. "[ Dollhouse ] is not the light-hearted romp that the other shows were," Whedon tells TVGuide.com. "There are moments of funny, but it doesn't build like — nor was it designed to be — a comedy. It's not going to ... Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Joss Whedon Dollhouse (link)

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