Ellen Rigsby
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Comparison to early musical theater
I appreciate Professor Tongson's note on Glee. By locating Glee in the era of "plotted vehicles for song catalogues," she moves us beyond the tired quest for the authentic in the notion of "liveness" most recently bequeathed to ... -
The Bodily Ego
Freud, in The Ego and the Id reminds us that "the ego is always a bodily ego." I think that explains some of the nausea I felt viewing the clips. Dan writes that the images challenge the status of the document in terms of what is raw data vers ... -
Avi, I think you may be on
Avi, I think you may be on to something here, when you suggest that Sharon's frustration works to comment on the liminal space Asian Americans occupy. I haven't thought about this enough, but your comment reminded me of the scene where Sharon ge ... -
When I first viewed this
When I first viewed this episode, I was surprised by the length of time spent on showing Sharon's suffering while interfaced with the ship's computer. In the context of the plot of the series, I do think that her suffering is supposed to get the ... -
Roberta, I see why you went
Roberta, I see why you went with captivity narrative--it's actually a typo. The rest of the post is about narratives of reconstruction. The last time I mention it, I say "captivity" in error. I'd agree that this clip does not make any ... -
Michael, I think the white
Michael, I think the white on white violence you refer to in BSG (the water boarding and the torture of Balthar by D'Anna) shows the audience what BSG means to have as its racial politics: race becomes important when it is expressed as an essence. Th ... -
Birgit, The first part of
Birgit, The first part of your comment, that we can only represent that race doesn't matter by representing a diverse group is a problem that is evident in a lot of science fiction, mainstream and not. I do think it racial diversity ends up signifyin ...