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  Lacking "honesty" and "a human quality": Sorkin and the Anti-Social Network

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  Pamela Ingleton McMaster University

  July 01, 2011

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  Lacking "honesty" and "a human quality": Sorkin and the Anti-Social Network The Social Network social media internet humanity Facebook Aaron Sorkin Curator's Note As often occurs with mass-interview publicity tours for high-profil ...
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  Louie's "God" As Cathartic Television

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  Kelli Marshall DePaul University

  March 22, 2012

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  Louie's "God" As Cathartic Television television religion parenting louie god Curator's Note A scene that precedes this one from Louie 's episode "God" has been described as disturbing, graphic, creepy, and horrifying. I ...
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  “Yes we can, even though we say Knope”

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  Christine Becker University of Notre Dame

  June 04, 2012

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  “Yes we can, even though we say Knope” Parks and Recreation Leslie Knope feminism fandom comedy Curator's Note In a frustrating piece of  N ew York Times television criticism (redundant?), Jon Caramanica backhandedly describes Parks and Recreation as ...
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  Sorkin Lives: Mediating the post-9-11 US political mind in The West Wing

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  Janet McCabe Birkbeck, University of London

  June 29, 2011

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  Sorkin Lives: Mediating the post-9-11 US political mind in The West Wing The West Wing Aaron Sorkin 9/11 Curator's Note It was an entire season before The West Wing offered its most powerful and eloquent response to the lingering trauma of 9/11, foll ...
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  Ron Swanson: Working (Or Not) From the Inside

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  David J. Loehr 2amt and Riverrun Theatre Company

  June 06, 2012

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  Ron Swanson: Working (Or Not) From the Inside ron swanson Parks and Recreation libertarian government Curator's Note   Parks & Recreation has come a long way from its genesis as a proposed spinoff of The Office.  It’s certainly the best represent ...
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  Hot In Cleveland: Betty Does Disney

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  Jaime Weinman Maclean's magazine

  July 13, 2010

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  Hot In Cleveland: Betty Does Disney sitcom Hot In Cleveland Disney Curator's Note One of the most successful shows of the summer is Hot in Cleveland, the first original sitcom produced by TV Land, which has just been renewed for 20 more episodes. Apa ...
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  Between The Personal and The Political: The Lawyer, Her Boss and Their Investigator

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  Aviva Dove-Viebahn University of Northern Colorado

  October 12, 2011

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  Between The Personal and The Political: The Lawyer, Her Boss and Their Investigator women's roles The Good Wife gender politics feminism Curator's Note Perhaps it goes without saying that the roles for women on CBS's The Good Wife are lauda ...
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  Tom Cruise in Rock of Ages: Giving Until It Hurts

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  Kelli Marshall DePaul University

  June 15, 2012

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  Tom Cruise in Rock of Ages: Giving Until It Hurts Rock of Ages musicals film musical Curator's Note Toward the end of Rock of Ages, washed-up club owner and band promoter Dennis Dupree (Alec Baldwin) receives a bag of cash from Stacee Jaxx (Tom Cruis ...
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  The Queerness of Kalinda Sharma

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  Melanie Kohnen Lewis & Clark College

  October 13, 2011

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  The Queerness of Kalinda Sharma The Good Wife sexuality race and television Curator's Note On The Good Wife, the blurred line between public and private dominates characters' lives, with one exception: Kalinda Sharma, Lockhart Gardner's inv ...
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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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