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  Re: What Happens in Vegas

  Great clip, Derek! I'm

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  Kathleen Fitzpatrick Michigan State University

  Tuesday, July 31, 2007 — 9:35 am

  Great clip, Derek! I'm fascinated by ways that the city gets used in the show as well, particularly in the contrasts between these late-night shots of the strip, the site we associate with Las Vegas, and the broad daylight shots of the places where p ...
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  Re: What Happens in Vegas

  It seemed to me that in the

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  Michael Peterson University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Wednesday, August 1, 2007 — 11:53 pm

  later seasons? Is this possibly partly in response to other Vegas shows/the hotness of Vegas in general ...
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  Re: The Painful Pleasures of CSI: Miami

  Wow! I'm still picking my

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  Derek Kompare Southern Methodist University

  Friday, August 3, 2007 — 5:26 pm

  Wow! I'm still picking my jaw up off the floor. I've only ever seen a couple of episodes of CSI Miami, and now I remember why. You hit the nail on the head in terms of formula, to the degree that one could easily conceive of similar videos for e ...
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  Re: What Happens in Vegas

  I'm still catching up on

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  Derek Kompare Southern Methodist University

  Friday, August 3, 2007 — 6:36 pm

  I'm still catching up on seasons 5-7, and rewatching the entire run more closely, but my sense is that they've been fairly consistent on these counts throughout, taking in not only the attractions of the Strip, but other Vegas-tied factors (e.g. ...
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  The Aesthetic of Disaster: Live, Broken, and Pretty

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  Michele White Tulane University

  August 13, 2007

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  The Aesthetic of Disaster: Live, Broken, and Pretty architecture archiving Hurricane Katrina NOLA art installations decay news coverage Curator's Note Driving the New Orleans streets, I cycle between rushes of pleasure at the magnificent architecture ...
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  The Real K-Ville

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  Betsy Weiss Tulane University

  August 14, 2007

  1 comment

  The Real K-Ville Hurricane Katrina NOLA K-Ville Curator's Note After some reflection, I wrote the following words, then put some images together. Two years post-Katrina, a veneer of normalcy covers New Orleans. The French Quarter thrives, chefs cook, ...
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  Re: The Real K-Ville

  Betsy, thanks for the

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  Michele White Tulane University

  Tuesday, August 14, 2007 — 5:16 pm

  I often suspect that those who leave, a possibility that you ponder, carry vivid memories of post-disaster ...
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  New Orleans and the Symbolic Politics of Place and Poverty

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  Mark Vail Tulane University

  August 15, 2007

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  evidence to the contrary, continued to believe in the myths of infinite possibility, self-made fortunes, ...
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  Re: The Aesthetic of Disaster: Live, Broken, and Pretty

  I have been thinking about

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  Michele White Tulane University

  Saturday, August 25, 2007 — 1:19 am

  with our daily lives in order to even try to connect our histories to our possible futures and try to ...
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  Can Catwoman Challenge Patriarchy?

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  Michael Lecker George Mason University

  September 28, 2007

  Batman driven narrative? What ideologies is Selina questioning with such quotes as “Tell me I’m not in ...

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