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  Re: From Cold War Alcoholism to Post-9/11 Patriotism: The Repurposing of David Bowie's '"Heroes'"

  Thanks for the comments,

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  Zack Stiegler Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  Wednesday, May 4, 2016 — 2:39 am

  Thanks for the comments, Mike. Your connection to theater and opera is especially salient- the ways in which musical motifs representing certain characters are reprised and reframed absolutely allows for the kind of drastic shift in tone discussed in the ...
• In Media Res
  Re: From Cold War Alcoholism to Post-9/11 Patriotism: The Repurposing of David Bowie's '"Heroes'"

  Hi Leanne- I love the

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  Zack Stiegler Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  Wednesday, May 4, 2016 — 2:02 am

  Hi Leanne- I love the posthumous twist you've added here, and I think you're spot on. I suppose one main difference in this most recent recontextualization is that it's been prescribed for/onto Bowie rather than by him, as in the previous r ...
• In Media Res
  Re: From Cold War Alcoholism to Post-9/11 Patriotism: The Repurposing of David Bowie's '"Heroes'"

  It may be cynical, but your

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  Zack Stiegler Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  Wednesday, May 4, 2016 — 8:10 pm

  It may be cynical, but your claim is certainly a valid one, Aaron- and there is at least an ounce of opportunism here (if not more). Your comment has me thinking back to the post-9/11 pop landscape, where Bowie peers such as McCartney, Mellencamp, Springs ...
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  Re: Harmonies of Discord: Pop Oldies and Horror Trailers

  Audiences + Haunting

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  Zack Stiegler Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  Wednesday, May 4, 2016 — 2:36 am

  What an excellent case and writeup, Leanne. As you note, there are so many layers here. In relation to the discussion of audience, I think that awareness of the original matters only in that it allows access to a different dimension of ghostliness. Certai ...