Search | In Media Res

Ron Swanson: Working (Or Not) From the Inside

By

David J. Loehr 2amt and Riverrun Theatre Company

June 06, 2012

taxpayers’ money. He’s spoken of staying in government to help dismantle it from within or at least slow it ... presenting Ron’s beliefs as worthy of respect at least, consideration at best. There is a logic to Ron’s ... the festivals.) Their version of life here is uncanny, to say the least. If only we had Ron & ...

In Media Res

Why We Hate Jerry Gergich

By

Amanda Ann Klein East Carolina University

June 07, 2012

8 comments

Sebastian), transcending the diegesis. Initially at least, it is the baselessness of this scorn that forms the ...

In Media Res

Re: President Bartlet's Bully Pulpit

Religion and Democracy United

By

Ashley Shirk UCLA

Friday, June 8, 2012 — 4:28 am

very institution requires every student to take at least two religion courses. It is a nice ...

In Media Res

Re: What kind of "South" rises from the (walking) dead?

Leadership Roles

By

Connor McCracken UCLA

Friday, June 8, 2012 — 5:18 pm

beginning in a post-apocalyptic world. I have seen this theme arise in both television and film and I find ... they are trained officers? I see how this reasoning worked out in the beginning because as far as the ... throughout the series, but at least Michonne will be in the mix next season! From what I have read, she is ...

In Media Res

Re: Zombies and suspense

I agree

By

Nick Synstelien UCLA

Friday, June 8, 2012 — 9:37 pm

the beginning of the movie when the Avengers team is first assembled, it seems as if these characters ...

In Media Res

From Red Boots to African-American Roots: Footloose as a Modern Dance-Movie Musical

By

John Trenz University of Pittsburgh

June 11, 2012

18 comments

From Red Boots to African-American Roots: Footloose as a Modern Dance-Movie Musical remakes Footloose film musical dancing dance movies Curator's Note Footloose 2011's opening celebrates the 1984 original by mimicking its cultural reality as a r ...

In Media Res

Re: From Red Boots to African-American Roots: Footloose as a Modern Dance-Movie Musical

Race, gender, and class

By

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

Monday, June 11, 2012 — 7:01 pm

remake's representations of gender, race, and class extremely problematic, to say the least. You mention ...

In Media Res

Music Video and the Audiovisual Turn

By

Carol Vernallis Stanford University

June 12, 2012

5 comments

image's response to music's changing production practices, and vice versa, we begin to grasp ... a broader audiovisual turn. Comparison of the beginnings and the present might show vast differences in ...

In Media Res