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  Re: Man Out of Time: Lost Season 3 Finale

  Oh, one more note: Somehow,

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  Ivan Askwith Big Spaceship

  Wednesday, February 13, 2008 — 12:09 am

  a flashback. Right? At least, that's what we're supposed to conclude. Well, maybe. In recent ... viewer expectations and assumptions on at least three different levels simultaneously. I think moments ...
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  The Conundrum of the Character-Driven Plot in Lost

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  Stacey Abbott Roehampton University

  February 13, 2008

  12 comments

  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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  “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

  5 comments

  stereotyped representation of gendered concerns and interests: at least in this elevator, men care about plot, ...
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  Re: The Conundrum of the Character-Driven Plot in Lost

  Like Will, I found this

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  Jason Mittell Middlebury College

  Wednesday, February 13, 2008 — 3:36 pm

  assumed to be more straightforward & simplistic- or at least mask their nuance in subtext that fans ...
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  Lost is a Four Letter Word

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  Julian Stringer University of Nottingham

  February 14, 2008

  3 comments

  literary works “each space determines, or at least encourages, its own kind of story…What happens depends ...
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  Re: Lost is a Four Letter Word

  To follow Roberta's tangent,

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  Jason Mittell Middlebury College

  Friday, February 15, 2008 — 12:00 am

  the narrative was a particular focus of mine, making it a site at least co-written by a television ...
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  Mothers and Daughters: Watching The Gilmore Girls

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  Barbara Selznick University of Arizona

  February 19, 2008

  6 comments

  Mothers and Daughters: Watching The Gilmore Girls gender representation WB melodrama Gilmore Girls auto-ethnography affect motherhood ideology guilty pleasures Curator's Note I wait until late in the semester to tell my students that I was a loyal vi ...
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  Re: Mothers and Daughters: Watching The Gilmore Girls

  I also find my "guilt" about

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  Barbara Selznick University of Arizona

  Tuesday, February 19, 2008 — 9:23 pm

  I also find my "guilt" about GG interesting because I proudly announce at the beginning ...
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  Transgression, Confession, and Ying Yang Twins’s “Wait (The Whisper Song)”

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  Michael Z. Newman University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

  February 20, 2008

  1 comment

  Transgression, Confession, and Ying Yang Twins’s “Wait (The Whisper Song)” Ying Yang Twins whiteness transgression taste race music masculinity hip hop guilty pleasures cultural capital affect Curator's Note Owning up to a guilty pleasure is a perfor ...
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  Re: Transgression, Confession, and Ying Yang Twins’s “Wait (The Whisper Song)”

  I was struck by your wife's

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  Barbara Selznick University of Arizona

  Wednesday, February 20, 2008 — 8:52 am

  extent the guilt, or at least our reaction to that guilty pleasure, is shaped by those around us, ...

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