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  Re: The Show That Ate Its Own Tail: Arrested Development

  Really interesting idea! I

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  Elizabeth Lundberg University of Iowa

  Tuesday, February 19, 2013 — 2:09 am

  Really interesting idea! I think something like this phenomenon happens when people see a show for the first time in re-runs--once while watching "The Non-Fat Yogurt" episode of Seinfeld I had to explain to someone that the term "wilding&qu ...
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  Re: The Most Important Thing Is Family

  Another reason that we might

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  Elizabeth Lundberg University of Iowa

  Thursday, February 21, 2013 — 2:56 am

  Another reason that we might be reluctant to consider the Bluths as a family and AD as a family show (in addition to their class position, as you point out) is the overwhelming specter of incest throughout the show. Buster's relationship with Lucille ...
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  Re: The Rape Joke Embodied: Invoking the Vagina

  Speaking of the election...

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  Elizabeth Lundberg University of Iowa

  Friday, November 9, 2012 — 5:42 pm

  I just read a piece on Rachel Maddow's blog saying that Charles Krauthammer thinks there's nothing wrong with the GOP's positions on "women's issues"--the problem, he argues, is that those positions aren't being articula ...
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  Re: “Birthin’ Babies Are Disgusting”: Women’s Health in the Honey Boo Boo “Apocalypse”

  Depictions of Pregnancy

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  Elizabeth Lundberg University of Iowa

  Friday, November 9, 2012 — 5:53 pm

  Going back to the potential for transgression in HBB, I want to speculate that part of that potential comes from its status as a "reality" show. I don't know HBB or watch much reality TV, and I know that kind of show is still scripted or sh ...