River Tam
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River Tam is a popular fictional character from the Firefly franchise.[1]
River is portrayed by actress
Production details
Joss Whedon selected Glau for the role after having previously worked with her on another of his shows, Angel. River Tam was Glau's first major role. Glau's inexperience assisted her in playing the character: she likened River's emotional withdrawal to her own initial apprehension on the set.[5]
In many of the hand-to-hand combat scenes featuring the character, particularly those in
Depiction
During River's early childhood, she grew up alongside her brother,
It was at this point that she was sent to a government learning facility known as "The Academy".[7] While her parents and Simon believed the Academy was a private school meant to nurture the gifts of talented children, it was in fact a cover for a government experiment in creating assassins. While in the hands of Alliance doctors and scientists, River was secretly experimented on, including surgery that damaged her amygdala.[8] According to Simon, the Alliance attempted to isolate River from her family, though she managed to send a call for help by putting a coded message in a letter to her brother. Simon decoded the message and set out to rescue his then sixteen-year-old sister, despite his parents' insistence that he was being paranoid. In his quest to locate and free River, Simon enlisted the aid of anti-governmental groups, exhausting his personal fortune and sacrificing a promising medical career.
The
Reception
In 2005, Glau won the
The nature of the character and her role in the franchise has garnered praise from various reviewers.
References
- ^ a b "Better living through Firefly's River Tam". Cliqueclack.com. 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2006-07-16.
- ^ a b "SFX Awards". Retrieved 2006-10-08.
- ^ a b "The 32nd Annual Saturn Awards Honors Genre Entertainment". Archived from the original on 2006-07-09. Retrieved 2006-07-11.
- ^ a b "SyfyPortal Awards". Archived from the original on 2006-11-07. Retrieved 2006-10-08.
- ^ Clark, Nolene (May 3, 2011). "'Firefly': Summer Glau reflects on Joss Whedon, sci-fi women and River's edge". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Murray, Rebecca. "Summer Glau Talks About "Serenity"". About.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
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- ^ Bernardin, Marc. "Taking a moment for National Autism Awareness Day". Entertainment Weekly. Time.
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External links
- Quotations related to Firefly (TV series) at Wikiquote