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  Let’s Bloop This: The Paradox of Authenticity in the Blooper Reel

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  Annie.Berke Los Angeles Review of Books

  September 23, 2021

  Schitt’s Creek, showcased above, begin with the title card: “Unfortunately, we had no fun shooting this ... bloops (or “breaks”). The difference between “blooper reel” and “gag reel” begins to confront this, as ... mediated form of the creative oopsie “real” – at least, while maintaining a straight face? ...
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  "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" Case Study: Natalie Portman in Garden State

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  Kevin Stoll

  March 22, 2021

  office. The obligatory meet-cute begins with Sam’s laughter at the sight of a German Shepherd humping ... problem, or at least, a happier alternative to the life he had before. But Andrew’s adoption of such ...
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  “It’s a Videogame You Control with Your Vagina”

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  Tanya D. Zuk, Ph.D. Georgia State University

  March 29, 2021

  because no one in their right mind would create a videogame you control with your vagina—at least not for ... with sexual satisfaction of male partners, which is often one of the reasons women begin them). Which ...
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  Stop Making Senses: Thoughts on the Formal Experimentations and Non-Talking Heads of Jacques Tati and David Byrne

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  Joshua Louis Moss California State University Chico

  February 16, 2021

  distancing by humanizing Byrne. From the moment the show begins, Byrne directly address the audience with ... beginning. The illusory honesty of entertainment maintains distancing signifiers. In American Utopia, Byrne ... American utopia fantasy that obfuscates, at least for a few hours, the reality of suburbia, mediocrity, and ...
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  Zoom is the least of our problems

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  Ilana Gershon Indiana University Bloomington

  May 14, 2021

  Zoom is the least of our problems Zoom school teacher workers Curator's Note When the ... least of our problems from AnthonyDannar ...
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  Black History, Gospel Music & Something Like Black Girl Magic In Lovecraft Country

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  Asha S. Winfield Louisiana State University

  February 12, 2021

  loud journey has just begun. It begins with her own Black feminist thought, one that moves her from ... but so familiar it's comical. “Take It Back” by Dorinda Clark Cole begins playing and as the ... purpose in hand and begins smashing car windows with all of her strength and removing the bricks from the ...
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  From the Disney Channel to Hard Core Porn: Is Bella Thorne Blurring the Line Between Pornography and Mainstream Entertainment or is she Making it More Visible?

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  Ryan Banfi New York University

  Paz O'Farrell Pitzer College

  May 03, 2021

  Bella Thorne Sasha Grey Curator's Note The U.S. is beginning to acknowledge porn as a respectable ... what form of media can mainstream sex? At the beginning of this essay, we stated that, “The U.S. is ... beginning to acknowledge porn as a respectable form of media.” Our argument has been based on the theory ...
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  That's Miss[ed] Diagnosis to You, Sir: Mediated Grieving Over the Neurodivergent Gender Gap

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  babowen Independent

  August 21, 2021

  literature tends to lag behind any one trend by at least two or three years. This may not seem grieve-worthy ... "neurodivergence", please check out this  twitter thread) For those who don't know, over at least the last ... criteria. And, from doing so, over at least the course of the last year and some change, these disclosures ...
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  What Makes a Real Man "Real?": Advertising Authentic Masculinity in Men's Grooming Ads

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  kaiprins University of Wisconsin - Madison

  September 20, 2021

  begin using this same strategy to other demographics – including cisgender, heterosexual men.   Although ... and discourage “toxic” ones, as well as in their inclusive casting, we have to ask (or, at least ...
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  “I know my birth story”: Mediated Adoption Trauma and Grief in NBC’s This is Us

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  Nathan Rossi The University of Texas at Austin

  August 26, 2021

  learning about his birth mother’s life, Randall begins to be able to own his adoption narrative from his ... being allowed to grieve, then, Randall can begin to make further meaning of the pain that stems from his ...

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