Viveca Greene
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Years later...
I missed this conversation as it was happening and just stumbled on it. I wrote a piece on the Norton/West debate and Tosh's rape joke (with Raul Perez) a few years ago really appreciate this discussion. There's much to say about the debate and ... -
Very timely and interesting
Very timely and interesting clip and post, Ian. (Also, quick--and entirely sincere--thanks to the IMR team: it's a fantastic resource.) OK, given this week's irony-and-politics theme and the candidate at the center of the ad, I'd love to ta ... -
Ted, thanks for a very
Ted, thanks for a very thought-provoking clip and post. I really like your point that irony “allows a text to rely on the process of the construction of the dominant itself and a knowledge of its insufficiency or undesirability.” My question for you--and ... -
What I was taking issue with
What I was taking issue with was the idea that this episode’s cultural references are sufficient to “destabilize” other readings of the show, including a reading that sees it as a “reactionary critique of reverse racism.” Ted and I have argued it elsewher ... -
I haven’t seen the film
I haven’t seen the film but I saw Revend Billy perform in 2000; every holiday season since then I find myself yelling his term “shopocalypse” (usually as I exit a store trying to maintain control of five shopping bags: an act of what Sloterdijk would labe ... -
I'm curious about the extent
I'm curious about the extent to which Colbert fans identify themselves--and work they produce--as "political." Do we, as academics, use the term in ways fans themselves wouldn't? And if we do use it differently, or at least more enthus ...