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  Apology to Americans: The Borders of Television Satire

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  Serra Tinic University of Alberta

  July 25, 2007

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  powerful ‘other.’ Does the ‘political’ begin and end with the subversive wink and giggle — particularly ...
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  Queer Coding in ReGenesis

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  Kristina Busse Independent Scholar

  June 05, 2007

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  television’s habitual shorthand where queer characters are defined (or at least driven) by their sexual ...
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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

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  pushed to the periphery. On television, satire rarely begins at the margins and takes a critical look at ...
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  “You Got No Idea What’s Goin’ On On That Island!”: What SNL Can Teach Us About Lost

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  Ivan Askwith Big Spaceship

  February 13, 2008

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  stereotyped representation of gendered concerns and interests: at least in this elevator, men care about plot, ...
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  Crafting Croft: Avatars, Identity, Representation

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  Linzi Juliano University of California, Los Angeles

  March 14, 2013

  1 comment

  center around “realness”; in fact, the game begins with her preparing to star in a reality TV show. Since ...
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  The Last Lion King of Scotland

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  Davis Jung Brown University

  April 12, 2007

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  The Last Lion King of Scotland Africa representation stereotyping mashup praxis Lion King Last King of Scotland Must Love Jaws Ten Things I Hate About Commandments deconstruction Curator's Note With the age of the internet and such websites as YouTub ...
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  Yellow Fever: Born Digital on Battlestar Galactica

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  Lisa Nakamura University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

  July 09, 2007

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  Yellow Fever: Born Digital on Battlestar Galactica stereotyping Sci-fi representation race digital Battlestar Galactica Asian Curator's Note Sharon Valerii, played by Korean-Canadian actress Grace Park, is a young, pretty, highly educated Asian woman ...
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  On Chances Lost: The World Outside Ed’s Garage

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  Mary Beltran University of Wisconsin-Madison

  November 14, 2007

  4 comments

  On Chances Lost: The World Outside Ed’s Garage stereotyping socially relevant programming sitcom quality TV paratexts Mexican Americans Latinos Freddie Prinze diversity credit sequence Chico and the Man casting 1970s Curator's Note You may recognize ...