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  Skewering Normative Cuteness with Latinidad

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  Rebecca Mercedes Gordon Northern Arizona University

  April 04, 2016

  Betty’s head. Charlie’s actions reflect an everyday cruelty made possible by Charlie’s physical cuteness ...
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  Anticipatory Media and Fan Produced Anticipation

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  Keith M. Johnston University of East Anglia

  April 12, 2016

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  Anticipatory Media and Fan Produced Anticipation Fan-made posters Avengers Anticipatory Media Curator's Note The last decade has seen a huge rise in the frequency, availability and ubiquity of advance promotional materials such as film posters or tra ...
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  Re: Anticipatory Media and Fan Produced Anticipation

  Motivations, posters and trailers...

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  Keith M. Johnston University of East Anglia

  Tuesday, April 12, 2016 — 12:33 pm

  expressing a character preference, simply sharing the excitement, or possibly passing for 'the ...
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  The best film artwork is *not* coming to a theater near you

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  Matthew Chojnacki Freelance

  April 15, 2016

  1 comment

  possible by simply asking (or begging) theater and video store managers for any leftovers. My favorite ...
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  “If I fight, you fight”: Sly Stallone and the aged action star’s triumphant submission in Creed

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  Glen Donnar RMIT University

  April 18, 2016

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  “If I fight, you fight”: Sly Stallone and the aged action star’s triumphant submission in Creed Sylvester Stallone Rocky masculinity boxing film ageing action stardom 80s action Curator's Note The training montage is a genre staple of the boxing film ...
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  Your Legacy is More Than a Name: Creed and the Resurrection of the Boxing Film

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  Rebecca Sheehan United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney

  April 20, 2016

  5 comments

  know I’m not a mistake.” The audience’s willingness to cheer for Donny matters more to the film’s ...
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  Body Body Body

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  Amelie Hastie Amherst College

  April 21, 2016

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  Body Body Body Creed Ryan Coogler authorship Curator's Note In the 11th round of Adonis Creed’s fight against reigning champ “Pretty Ricky” Conlan, Rocky coaches him from the sidelines: “Body, body, body!” he shouts. This phrase — this repetition of ...
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  What Happens When We Watch What Happens Live?, or The Aftershow as Critical Mediation

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  Jennifer S. Clark Fordham University

  April 21, 2016

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  What Happens When We Watch What Happens Live?, or The Aftershow as Critical Mediation Watch What Happens Live The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reality TV labor Bravo After TV Curator's Note On the April 5, 2016 episode of Watch What Happens Live ...
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  Re: Body Body Body

  (im)mortal bodies

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  Sean Redmond Deakin University

  Thursday, April 21, 2016 — 9:58 pm

  What a fantastic piece of writing- really like the (co) synaesthetic nature of your response and the way bodies are seen to love and hate in intimate detail. The film is haunted by absent bodies and the bodies that have aged- these are bodies that are mor ...
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  Austerity Lustre: The Fight in Creed

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  Sean Redmond Deakin University

  April 22, 2016

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  Austerity Lustre: The Fight in Creed the ghetto legacy austerity Curator's Note He just fights all the time Creed speaks to the post GFC crisis and the politics of austerity. Legacy in the film isn’t simply patriarchal, familial, nor a film franchise ...

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