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  Chihiro Grows Up: Defying the Infantilization of the Disney Princess

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  Ryan Banfi New York University

  October 06, 2020

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  Chihiro Grows Up: Defying the Infantilization of the Disney Princess Studio Ghibli Spirited Away Beauty and the Beast Disney Heroine HBO Max Curator's Note Studio Ghibli, the most prominent animation studio in Japan, has become a notable organization ...
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  Antagonists

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  Ryan Banfi Department of Cinema Studies, New York University

  Tuesday, October 6, 2020 — 5:56 pm

  the Ghibli films are preparing youth for the real world, whereas I see the Disney films (at least the ...
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  Yes, "Ghibli/Miyazaki anime" is great, but is that why it is so popular?

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  Shiro Yoshioka Newcastle University

  October 08, 2020

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  audience. Instead, at least in the Japanese context, the image of the studio, its creators and their films ...
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  Lessons from Buckley: Race and the American Right

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  Allison Perlman University of California-Irvine

  October 12, 2020

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  Though I’m on the fence about which approach is the more harmful and dangerous, at least Buckley ...
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  Show-boating and Race-baiting: Movies aboard the 'Sunny South'

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  Paul S Moore Ryerson University

  October 12, 2020

  of Jim Crow laws of the time, racially-segregated seating prevailed when the boats docked, at least ...
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  "Are You Brave Enough?:" On Jaws and the Theming of Water

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  Carter Moulton Northwestern University

  October 15, 2020

  practice dates back to at least 1985, when a student fundraiser at Indiana University held a screening of ...
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  No Questions Asked

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  J.D. Connor USC School of Cinematic Arts

  October 21, 2020

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  workers. “Team,” Josh D’Amaro begins his letter to people who no longer are. [6] News coverage emphasizes ...
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  Bond at the Olympics – On Her Majesty’s (Public) Service

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  David Cottis Middlesex University

  November 02, 2020

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  Bond at the Olympics – On Her Majesty’s (Public) Service James Bond Olympics William Shakespeare The Crown dr. who Curator's Note The 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony already occupies a powerful place in the mythology of recent British history – in Jona ...
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  Bond as a cultural mascot

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  Tuesday, November 3, 2020 — 10:24 pm

  in the Cold War. Likewise Moore to me at least, represented optomisim at imporved relationship with ...
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  Quantum of Solace, a dull reality

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  Thomas Tubbs

  November 05, 2020

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  villain, at least by Hollywood standards. However, despite its mediocre reputation, Quantum is perhaps the ...

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