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  Re: I have an Army/We have a Hulk : Thinking Politics in The Avengers

  American soldiers as "Hulks"?

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

  Wednesday, May 9, 2012 — 2:32 pm

  least that's what they're hoping--perhaps this is challenged in the film). And even this clip ...
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  THE AVENGERS: The Rise of Superhero Movies and the End of Superhero Comics

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  Zaki Hasan ZakisCorner.com

  May 10, 2012

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  impossible, or at the very least impractical, was now the new normal: Different franchises freely ...
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  What Fangirls Want: Making More of and More from Marvel's Men

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  Kayley Thomas University of Florida

  May 11, 2012

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  What Fangirls Want: Making More of and More from Marvel's Men women The Avengers participatory culture media studies kayley thomas gender fanvid fandom Fan Studies fan fiction comics Curator's Note Some might say The Avengers ’ record-breaking d ...
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  Re: What Fangirls Want: Making More of and More from Marvel's Men

  Intertexts

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  Kayley Thomas University of Florida

  Friday, May 11, 2012 — 9:05 pm

  romantic moments, at least when it comes to actual screen expectations, and Whedon does sound like the guy ...
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  Hung Out to Dry: HBO’s Cancellation Habit

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  Maya Montanez Smukler UCLA & The New School

  May 14, 2012

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  turned pimp. The scrappy duo begin by mixing business with pleasure and at program’s end find true ...
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  'Enlightened' or Not?: How HBO Learned to Trust Its Viewers But Not Its Shows

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  Maria San Filippo Emerson College

  May 15, 2012

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  'Enlightened' or Not?: How HBO Learned to Trust Its Viewers But Not Its Shows Enlightened HBO Save Our Show Curator's Note HBO and flashier rival Showtime became powerhouses by programming series so provocative or pedigreed that non-subscri ...
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  Re: 'Enlightened' or Not?: How HBO Learned to Trust Its Viewers But Not Its Shows

  One of these things is not like the other

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  Vernon Shetley Wellesley College

  Wednesday, May 16, 2012 — 1:02 am

  quality and nudity (or at least explicit talk about sex) has been crucial to the success of premium cable ...
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  Breaking In a Formula for a Successful Network Sitcom

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  Jennifer Porst University of North Texas

  May 16, 2012

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  Breaking In a Formula for a Successful Network Sitcom television networks Sitcoms Save Our Show Breaking In Curator's Note When Fox tested the pilot for  Breaking In, it scored the highest of any of their pilots for the 2009-2010 season. Nonetheless, ...
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  Re: Breaking In a Formula for a Successful Network Sitcom

  resuscitation and coveted demographics

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  Charlotte Howell University of Texas at Austin

  Thursday, May 17, 2012 — 3:23 am

  discussed on Antenna today: namely that, on NBC at least, demographic ratings are evidently outweighing ...
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  Lip Service: The Greatest Glaswegian Sapphic Soap Opera Ever Made

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  Vernon Shetley Wellesley College

  May 17, 2012

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  Lip Service: The Greatest Glaswegian Sapphic Soap Opera Ever Made Lip Service L Word lesbian TV television Curator's Note   Lip Service has frequently been termed a Scottish version of The L Word, but the differences are as profound as the similariti ...

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