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  "Don't Shoot!" Hetero Masquerade on Project Runway

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  Heather Hendershot City University of New York, Queens College

  December 12, 2006

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  "Don't Shoot!" Hetero Masquerade on Project Runway performance queerness masculinity reality TV Project Runway rural Curator's Note In Season One of Project Runway, we learn surprisingly little about characters' backgrounds. It is ...
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  So U Think U Can Dance?

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  Sharon Shahaf Georgia State University

  February 22, 2007

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  cultivated Afros. The routine begins in “mute” representing the loss of voice experienced by the duo on the ...
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  It’s That Time of the Season: The British Invade American Idol

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  Alisa Perren University of Texas at Austin

  April 09, 2007

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  It’s That Time of the Season: The British Invade American Idol history 1960s reality TV American Idol pop music baby boomers consumerism interaction Curator's Note Simon Cowell wasn't the only British performer viewed live by American Idol watch ...
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  Reality TV in a War Zone

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  Serra Tinic University of Alberta

  April 23, 2007

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  Reality TV in a War Zone reality TV Labour and Materials Iraqi Star Iraq international TV formats globalization global/local Extreme Makeover American Idol Curator's Note I consistently struggle with the concept of hybridity when we hit the section o ...
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  Indian Idol and Flash Fandom

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  Aswin Punathambekar University of Michigan

  November 21, 2007

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  Indian Idol and Flash Fandom fandom reality TV international TV formats American Idol Indian Idol regionalism India Amit Paul flash fandom Curator's Note In summer 2007, media coverage of Indian Idol-3 focused on how finalist Amit Paul managed to cre ...
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  National Dance Styles and Global Television Formats

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  Dana Heller Old Dominion University

  December 03, 2007

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  National Dance Styles and Global Television Formats hybridity adaptation reality TV global/local international TV formats dance Turkey transnational So You Think You Can Dance national identity flamenco Sufi Curator's Note My clip, a feature performa ...
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  You Can’t Stop the Beat – Dance: The Gen X Addiction

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  Kelli Kilgore City of Virginia Beach

  December 04, 2007

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  You Can’t Stop the Beat – Dance: The Gen X Addiction fandom reality TV dance So You Think You Can Dance Dancing with the Stars choreography Curator's Note Dance has for years played second fiddle to other art forms on television. Until recently, danc ...
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  The Biggest Loser: The Television Show that Never Ends?

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  Steve Herro College of Southern Nevada

  May 17, 2011

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  at least for The Biggest Loser, is to transform shows into integral parts of the viewer's ...
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  God and Country and Scotty McCreery

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  Katherine Meizel Oberlin Conservatory of Music

  May 30, 2011

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  God and Country and Scotty McCreery Scotty reality TV American Idol post mortem Curator's Note "Apparently," Gore Vidal wrote (unless Penn Jillette made that one up, too), "a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at gr ...
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  So long, Kate Gosselin... and cable programming, too?

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  Megan Mullen University of Wisconsin-Parkside

  September 21, 2011

  condition in its quirkiest and rawest forms. Done well, it's education made fun—at least for nerdy me. ...

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