Penny Breadful Research Paper

Penny Dreadful Empowers the Queer society In recent television history, both the monsters and sources of queer have become a popular scene in television. The horror industry is notable for its depictions of both monsters and representations of queer. The body of the queer monster tends to mirror creatures from mythologies and classic horror. The things that go bump in the night, that are dangerous, on the run, and appalling. The horror series Penny Dreadful, created by John Logan, gives the audience a never before seen representation of queer horror on television. In Logan’s Neo-Victorian series, the diverse crew of supernaturally powerful misfits are protecting those they love from more dangerous threats than themselves. Logan has said: “It's the only …show more content…
They have sexual relations on a stormy night, and in this scene Victor’s sexuality is equated with lightning and thunder from the storm. By engaging in a relationship with one of his female creations this time, Victor is giving into his culturally popular heterosexuality. The next day Lily cooked breakfast for Victor in the morning, their heterosexual consummation reinforced in a clearly domestic misé-en-scene. The promoted "other thing” within Victor appears to be his uncontrollable heterosexual desires. But by presenting Victor’s desires as a fluid or queer sexuality, Penny Dreadful preserved the non-stereotypical nature of queer. The shows’ most notable queer character is Dorian Gray. In Wilde’s novel, Dorian Grey is a handsome and charming socialite, whose powers of seduction transcend all forms of gender and sexuality. He has sexual relations with Brona and Vanessa, as well as Ethan, a leading male character. In the absence of the women, Dorian and Ethan enjoy an evening of underground absinthe drinking and fighting and end up having a passionate night