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  From Paternal to Patronizing: The Declining Credibility of Female Contestants

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  Tricia Clasen University of Wisconsin - Rock County

  June 03, 2011

  3 comments

  Idol repeatedly stated that they were looking for an artist. From the beginning, they indicated that ... image would not be the deciding factor; rather, talent would be. However, also from the beginning, they ...
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  Re: Season? Finale?

  Convenience over Communal

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  Andrew L. UCSC

  Friday, June 3, 2011 — 4:48 am

  a sort of anticipation no matter what because, for current shows at least, the viewer still has to wait ...
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  Re: Season? Finale?

  TV vs Computers

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  Julia Lan UCSC

  Friday, June 3, 2011 — 5:29 am

  I wanted. The act of watching televsion, at least for me, has gone from watching an actual television set to ...
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  Re: "Do Season Finales Even Matter Anymore?" or "Season Finale, Schmeason Finale. I Don’t Even Know When It’s On!"

  Too many finales?

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  Trevor R UCSC

  Friday, June 3, 2011 — 8:36 am

  now on. At least that is the case for me. ...
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  Re: "Running Wilde" and the State of Network Comedy

  Running Wilde, my beloved failure

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  Trevor R UCSC

  Friday, June 3, 2011 — 9:08 am

  to go somewhere had it been picked up for at least one more season. So we will unfortunately never ...
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  800 Pound Gorillas

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  Hugh Manon Clark University

  June 07, 2011

  1 comment

  beginning of PGF, the very platform of our comprehension is repeatedly made to fail. However, whereas ...
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  The Following Post Has Been Approved for All Audiences

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  Matt Thomas University of Iowa

  June 13, 2011

  8 comments

  The Following Post Has Been Approved for All Audiences previews Star Wars The Contemporary Summer Blockbuster The Matrix trailers Curator's Note It’s hard to overstate the frenzy the first trailer for The Phantom Menace whipped people into when it ap ...
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  Re-envisioning our Possible Past(s): Alternative Histories in Contemporary Summer Blockbusters

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  Michael S. Duffy Department of Electronic Media and Film, Towson University

  June 14, 2011

  5 comments

  Re-envisioning our Possible Past(s): Alternative Histories in Contemporary Summer Blockbusters X-men Transformers superhero prequel history franchise comic book blockbuster Curator's Note It’s interesting how this summer’s contemporary (in some cases ...
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  Re: Re-envisioning our Possible Past(s): Alternative Histories in Contemporary Summer Blockbusters

  Nostalgia for the Cold War

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  Tanine Allison ACLS New Faculty Fellow in Film and Media Studies, Emory University

  Tuesday, June 14, 2011 — 2:39 pm

  Cold War, when at least there was a clear enemy and threat for the U.S. to define itself against. This ...
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  Does the Costume Make the Superhero?

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  Katheryn Wright Champlain College

  June 15, 2011

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  Does the Costume Make the Superhero? Green Lantern Iron Man screen summer blockbuster superhero Curator's Note That one-of-a-kind costume is common to many a superhero’s wardrobe. In Spider-Man (2002), the spidey suit hides Peter Parker’s identity an ...

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