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  Queer Jewish Difference

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  Rachel Silverman Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

  March 20, 2012

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  Queer Jewish Difference television religious representations on television lesbian Jews gay Curator's Note Because neither Jewish identity nor lesbian/gay identity is a necessarily seen identity, beginning in the mid nineteenth century and continuing ...
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  Is Bollywood Still Producing Musicals? (Has It Ever?)

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  Nilanjana Bhattacharjya Arizona State University

  June 13, 2012

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  Is Bollywood Still Producing Musicals? (Has It Ever?) Bollywood musicals song sequences Curator's Note The Bollywood film industry is often distinguished by its having produced films that have almost always been "musicals" since the 1930s. ...
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  The Myth of COLBERT NATION Millenials?

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  Shaun Treat independent scholar, public intellectual & Gonzo Academic

  September 02, 2015

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  The Myth of COLBERT NATION Millenials? voting satire political rhetoric Millenials culturejamming Colbert Week Curator's Note Stephen Colbert is funny and always entertaining, but is his irony-laced satire toxic for democracy? Numerous scholars like ...
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  From Red Boots to African-American Roots: Footloose as a Modern Dance-Movie Musical

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  John Trenz University of Pittsburgh

  June 11, 2012

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  From Red Boots to African-American Roots: Footloose as a Modern Dance-Movie Musical remakes Footloose film musical dancing dance movies Curator's Note Footloose 2011's opening celebrates the 1984 original by mimicking its cultural reality as a r ...
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  Summer Binging: What will it make you do?

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  Christine Becker University of Notre Dame

  July 16, 2010

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  Summer Binging: What will it make you do? television schedule spectatorship network television DVD cable television Curator's Note This delicious promo offers much to deconstruct (woe be upon the forever over-identifying female spectator), but to tie ...
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  Re: From Red Boots to African-American Roots: Footloose as a Modern Dance-Movie Musical

  Re: More on the opening, please! To: Kelli Marshal

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  John Trenz University of Pittsburgh

  Monday, June 11, 2012 — 5:20 pm

  Hi, Kelly. Thank you. Teens in the opening share a familiarity with Footloose both as a song and film- admitting Footloose has a history beyond the remake within its own story world. The film flaunts this kind of relationship in various ways, such as Ren& ...
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  Politics Is Funny, But Nothing To Laugh At: The Daily Show And Its Limits

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  Sudeep Sharma UCLA

  August 22, 2012

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  Politics Is Funny, But Nothing To Laugh At: The Daily Show And Its Limits Politics as Entertainment politics Occupy news media criticism journalism Jon Stewart Daily Show Curator's Note Going beyond humor, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart creates a cl ...
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  Can Stephen Colbert Uphold David Letterman’s Legacy—and Tone?

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  Kelli Marshall DePaul University

  September 01, 2015

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  Can Stephen Colbert Uphold David Letterman’s Legacy—and Tone? Stephen Colbert Late Night Talk Shows David Letterman Curator's Note Only two days after David Letterman’s retirement on May 20, 2015, the host’s set was removed, and his master tapes were ...

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