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  Battlestar Galactica: Subversive Sci-Fi?

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  Roberta Pearson University of Nottingham (UK)

  July 13, 2007

  4 comments

  Battlestar Galactica: Subversive Sci-Fi? terrorism Sci-fi Battlestar Galactica cable original programming ratings Curator's Note Time Magazine has hailed BSG as the best program on television. Critics praise its under-dog protagonists' perspecti ...
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  Re: Battlestar Galactica: Subversive Sci-Fi?

  I wonder how the underdog

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  Michael Peterson University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Sunday, July 15, 2007 — 2:05 am

  (like so much, this didn't transfer to Angel...). If this is a factor, it possibly heightens the ...
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  Re: The Human Rights of Cylons “as a Race”

  MIchael: such excellent

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  Lisa Nakamura University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

  Sunday, July 15, 2007 — 10:21 am

  think that the other escape is much more politicized, if that's possible: Cylons who are ...
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  Global Machinima: Pros and Cons?

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  Radhika Gajjala Bowling Green State University

  July 16, 2007

  11 comments

  Global Machinima: Pros and Cons? representation otherness machinima human rights globalization educational media digital literacy children Curator's Note I found this on Rik's blog (Rik's blog itself is a very interesting layered negotiatio ...
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  Re: Global Machinima: Pros and Cons?

  I concur w/ Richard’s

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  Matthew Thomas Payne University of Notre Dame

  Wednesday, July 18, 2007 — 6:48 pm

  avatar puppet-theater. I’m interested in hearing whether anyone else thinks that another game might be ...
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  On Political Satire: ‘Ha-Ha’ Funny or Contemptuously So?

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  Jeffrey P. Jones Old Dominion University

  July 24, 2007

  5 comments

  On Political Satire: ‘Ha-Ha’ Funny or Contemptuously So? satire George W. Bush politics FOX fandom Comedy Central Gulliver’s Travels Half-Hour News Hour humor Daily Show Lil Bush criticism animation Little Rascals Jon Stewart contempt anti-fandom Rory Bre ...
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  Re: On Political Satire: ‘Ha-Ha’ Funny or Contemptuously So?

  I agree that the individual

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  Thursday, July 26, 2007 — 7:04 pm

  conflation there seems to be several possible relational positions that are produced: * The individual ...
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  Of Niggas and Citizens: Mobilizing Strategies on The Boondocks and the Rhetoric of Blame

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  July 27, 2007

  3 comments

  itself. One possible explanation follows Kobena Mercer's argument that people of color experience ...
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  “It’s Our Job to Know Stuff”: The Epistemology of CSI

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  Kathleen Fitzpatrick Michigan State University

  July 30, 2007

  6 comments

  possible precisely by the sophisticated computer simulations that Grissom eschews. The third clip is from ...
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  What Happens in Vegas

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  Derek Kompare Southern Methodist University

  July 31, 2007

  8 comments

  What Happens in Vegas CSI on location cultural geography Las Vegas space/place crime drama Curator's Note Television settings tend to be generic “spaces,” rather than “places.” Like the city of popular imagination, however, CSI ’s Las Vegas is a cruc ...

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