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  Re: “If I fight, you fight”: Sly Stallone and the aged action star’s triumphant submission in Creed

  Johnson-Creed

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  Rebecca Sheehan United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney

  Tuesday, April 26, 2016 — 1:41 am

  remain a Johnson is interesting. I wonder here if there are possibilities for teasing this out further. ...
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  Re: Austerity Lustre: The Fight in Creed

  The motorcycle scene and the talented tenth

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  Rebecca Sheehan United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney

  Tuesday, April 26, 2016 — 2:30 am

  economics, that undermines some of the film's more radical possibilities. Or is that inevitable when ...
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  Re: What Happens When We Watch What Happens Live?, or The Aftershow as Critical Mediation

  Fantastic post!

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  Jacquelyn Arcy Saint Xavier University

  Wednesday, April 27, 2016 — 2:14 pm

  sheen of Bravo’s reality TV series, are part of the pleasure of watching Watch What Happens Live. I’m ...
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  Harmonies of Discord: Pop Oldies and Horror Trailers

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  Leanne Weston University of Warwick

  May 02, 2016

  8 comments

  Harmonies of Discord: Pop Oldies and Horror Trailers soundtrack pop songs nostalgia horror cinema aesthetics Curator's Note The use of oldies and covers of oldies in trailers is not a new phenomenon. However, the harmonious discord at work when oldie ...
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  From Cold War Alcoholism to Post-9/11 Patriotism: The Repurposing of David Bowie's '"Heroes'"

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  Zack Stiegler Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  May 03, 2016

  8 comments

  preceded in the set by 1997’s “I’m Afraid of Americans,” Bowie often prefaced ‘”Heroes’” by telling ...
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  Re: From Cold War Alcoholism to Post-9/11 Patriotism: The Repurposing of David Bowie's '"Heroes'"

  Hi Zack This is such a great

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  Leanne Weston University of Warwick

  Tuesday, May 3, 2016 — 2:17 pm

  Hi Zack This is such a great choice. I’m so glad someone decided to post about David Bowie. ...
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  Re: Harmonies of Discord: Pop Oldies and Horror Trailers

  Hi Michael Yes, the knowing

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  Leanne Weston University of Warwick

  Tuesday, May 3, 2016 — 10:39 pm

  ones – even though we’re aware of its shared nature. Since I’m not a music theorist or a musician, I’d ...
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  Cross-Cultural Appropriation of Pop Songs

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  Brianni Nelson University of Texas at Dallas

  May 04, 2016

  9 comments

  Cross-Cultural Appropriation of Pop Songs Youtube viral video viral vine video snapchat recontextualizing pop songs recontextualization of pop songs r&b pop music pop nineties next music meme internet hip hop cultural appropriation appropriation 90s C ...
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  Re: Cross-Cultural Appropriation of Pop Songs

  I’m interested in what you

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  Aaron Dickinson Sachs Saint Mary's College of California

  Thursday, May 5, 2016 — 4:09 pm

  I'm interested in what you mean by "transcending boundaries" here. It reminds me a little of the use of "cross-over" in U.S. music circles, which we know refers to when a song written by a person of color (most often an African-Am ...
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  Rethinking Thinkpieces: Pop Criticism as Pop Culture

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  Michael Lawrence Unaffiliated

  May 06, 2016

  3 comments

  Rethinking Thinkpieces: Pop Criticism as Pop Culture “think piece” “social media” “digital content” “criticism” Curator's Note Like any parody or remix, critical cultural commentary is itself a form of recontextualization — and in this moment of ‘the ...

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