From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
   http://people.com/tv/buffy-vampire-slayer-reunion-20th-anniversary/   
      
   Buffy Reunited! Cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Back Together for 20th   
   Anniversary   
      
   High school is a nightmare for many, but Buffy Summers had to battle evil   
   forces and pass her midterms.   
      
   Twenty years after Buffy the Vampire Slayer hit the small screen,   
   Entertainment Weekly rounded up the Scooby Gang for an all-star reunion.   
   Although the cast members have graduated into new phases of life (there was   
   some showing off photos of children and swapping of recipes at the   
   gathering), star Sarah Michelle Gellar argues that high school was, indeed,   
   hell.   
      
   “It’s the ultimate metaphor: horrors of adolescence manifesting through   
   these actual monsters,” she shared. “It’s the hardest time of life.”   
      
   The get-together, which included a photo shoot in a cemetery, also allowed   
   the cast to show off how well they’ve aged in the past two decades — much   
   to   
   the disappointment of creator Joss Whedon.   
      
   “This is surreal,” Whedon said. “For the most part, this is like a high   
   school reunion but much worse because they all still look really great. I   
   was hoping some of them would puff out a bit. But that did not take place.”   
      
   The reunion included Whedon, Gellar, Emma Caulfield, Amber Benson, Alyson   
   Hannigan, David Boreanaz, James Marsters, Seth Green, Charisma Carpenter,   
   Michelle Trachtenberg, Kristine Sutherland, Alexis Denisof and Nicholas   
   Brendon.   
      
   Although many cast members have gone on to enjoy other successful roles,   
   Buffy will always hold a place in their hearts thanks to its impact on fans.   
      
   “The most important thing to me is that I have had people come up to me and   
   say the show made me feel different about what they could be, about what   
   they could do, about how they respond to problems, about being a female   
   leader,” said Whedon. “People getting strength from my own little terrors   
   is … there is no better legacy than that.”   
      
   “I’m so incredibly proud of what we all created. Sometimes you need   
   distance   
   to really understand the gravitas of that,” said Gellar. “I appreciate   
   everything about that job. As an actor, all you ever want to do is leave   
   your mark — you want to do something that affects people.”   
      
      
           [Excellent video, pics, including the cover of this week's   
   Entertainment Weekly (I have the issue, has good info, good pics, and an   
   exceptional photo of Amber.) But NO Giles or Faith!!]   
   ...............   
      
           Eliza Dushku MIA from ‘Buffy’ reunion shot   
   https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2017/03/30/eliza-dus   
   ku-mia-from-buffy-reunion-shot/uBOX4XWs924Wpnpj8wMOlL/story.html   
      
   Wondering why Faith, the character played by Watertown’s own Eliza Dushku in   
   “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” is MIA from the reunion photos arranged by   
   Entertainment Weekly to mark the show’s 20th anniversary? You’re not alone.   
      
   Dushku is one of two “Buffy” actors conspicuously not in the shots —   
   Anthony   
   Head, who played Giles, is the other — and you better believe her absence   
   has been duly noted by “Buffy” fans, who take this stuff very seriously.   
      
   The EW picture does include “Buffy” actors Sarah Michelle Gellar, David   
   Boreanaz, James Masters, Alyson Hannigan, Seth Green, Charisma Carpenter,   
   Michelle Trachtenberg, Katherine Sutherland, Alexis Denisof, Nicholas   
   Brendon, Emma Caulfield, Amber Benson, and the show’s creator, Joss Whedon.   
      
   So why not Dushku? It’s true that she didn’t show up on “Buffy” until   
   Season   
   3 — and appeared in a total of just 20 episodes — but she made a big   
   impression on fans, including us. Whatever the reason, Dushku, who’s 36 now   
   and a student at Lesley University, doesn’t seem all that bothered. The   
   other day, she tweeted this:   
      
   "Your ❤️'s will go on..! Faith/I was never a series regular cast member on   
   btvs, sweeties=no invite. Cute n special reunion tho #ScoobyGang💋   
   https://twitter.com/aliciaac97/status/847137723005763586 …   
   10:56 PM - 29 Mar 2017"   
      
   In other words, she didn’t get invited because, technically, she wasn’t a   
   “series regular.” Still, she should have been included.   
      
      
   David   
      
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