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Three recent films/series use the plight of fantastical beings (vampires, mutants, aliens) trying to gain acceptance into society as metaphors for the real life struggles of embattled, minority groups. Is the metaphor successful, or does it also work against its apparent progressivism by indulging in the very stereotypes it claims to resist? But first, a [...]
I love the idea that our everyday world is overlaid with (or better yet, haunted by) a vibrant, fictive universe of characters and storylines, spin-offs and syndications. And so, apparently, does Dan Meth, whose Pop-Cultural Charts series maps much more than the geography of TV sitcoms. These maps are also, to be sure, a blueprint for the [...]
Now that I’ve switched from Comcast to AT&T, and seem to only watch pre-recorded programs off the DVR, I’ve become a little more attuned to the importance of the commercial break. We may say we hate it, but when it’s gone, or artificially eliminated rather, it’s hard to shake the feeling that something important is [...]
In his recent Reason article on “justice porn” Greg Beato notes, in passing, that the realistic sets of tv courtrooms reimagine real courts as so many “fetish props” assembled.
“But instead of emphasizing their status as private arbitrators who offer a different approach to dispute resolution than the U.S. court system, they present themselves as that [...]
A post and discussion over at Sparkle*Matrix, entitled “‘even dead women can look sexy …’“, expresses the requisite horror and indignation over the America’s Next Top Model photo shoot where the contestants were tasked to simulate dead, but sexy, poses. Sparklematrix links to a slideshow matched with the judges’ comments, to swiftly expel any doubts [...]
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