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  “A Trek for Our Time”: The Continuing Relevance and Resonance of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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  Allison McCracken DePaul University

  March 19, 2007

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  “A Trek for Our Time”: The Continuing Relevance and Resonance of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine narrative Sci-fi Battlestar Galactica fan vids genre aesthetics Star Trek Deep Soace Nine 9/11 Ronald D. Moore Peabody awards comparative Curator's Note Watch ...
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  Friday Night Whites — Nighttime Drama Don’t Respect My Conway Twitty

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  Kelly Kessler DePaul University

  March 23, 2007

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  jobs in strip clubs and burger joints. The sitcom Earl appears—at least to me—to embrace those I often ...
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  “Define Good”: The Anxious Pleasures of Subscribing to HBO

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  April 13, 2007

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  “Define Good”: The Anxious Pleasures of Subscribing to HBO narrative branding HBO masculinity Rome genre quality TV masochism premium cable Curator's Note HBO’s anti-television branding strategies are also gendered affairs. If TV and its viewers have ...
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  “Money, Shame and Reparation: A Moment from The Sopranos”

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  Jason Jacobs University of Queensland

  June 28, 2007

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  character and camera at the beginning of the scene and at its end. Tony’s exuberant confidence in the space ... in female form, which are prominent at the beginning and in subsequent shots. Perhaps they lead us ...
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  A New Reconstruction Narrative: Race and BSG

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  Ellen Rigsby Saint Mary’s College of California

  July 10, 2007

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  African slaves is sacrificed for the reconstruction of the nation. In this scene Tigh begins explaining ... into danger in the first place. Rather than continuing Bulldog’s story, Tigh begins to tell his own: ...
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  The West (Coast) Wing: How Studio 60 Moved Off the Sunset Strip

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  Alisa Perren University of Texas at Austin

  August 10, 2007

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  The West (Coast) Wing: How Studio 60 Moved Off the Sunset Strip narrative politics September 11 2001 drama NBC The West Wing Studio 60 Aaron Sorkin Curator's Note The evolution of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip over the 2006-2007 season was fascinatin ...
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  The Essential Recap: Memory, Amnesia, and Anticipation in Serial Television

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  Derek Johnson University of Wisconsin, Madison

  September 20, 2007

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  The Essential Recap: Memory, Amnesia, and Anticipation in Serial Television Lost narrative Battlestar Galactica memory paratext recap seriality redundancy Alan McKee Curator's Note After purchasing a television season on DVD years ago, I was immediat ...
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  A Day in the Life: Using the Music- a Dead Zone vid by Shalott and Speranza

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  Jacqueline Kjono Independent Scholar

  January 30, 2008

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  through. The slow cross fades in the beginning match the slow rhythm in the beginning of the song. The clip ...
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  Man Out of Time: Lost Season 3 Finale

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  Will Brooker Kingston University

  February 12, 2008

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  Man Out of Time: Lost Season 3 Finale transmedia temporality puzzles narrative Lostpedia Lost games fandom collective intelligence brand communities ARG ABC Curator's Note It opens, of course, in medias res. We are thrown into the scene – thrown forw ...
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  The Conundrum of the Character-Driven Plot in Lost

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  Stacey Abbott Roehampton University

  February 13, 2008

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  The Conundrum of the Character-Driven Plot in Lost Lost narrative cult fan videos character-driven plots Curator's Note Lost is a conundrum. Its phenomenal success positions it squarely within mainstream television while its enigmatic and seemingly s ...

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