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  Intuition and Education: The Catch 22 of Improv

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  Al Natanagara Freelance

  September 15, 2015

  as badly as they do because I’m obsessed with intuitive improvisation, where every solo is ... guitar,—when I’m improvising over changes, where does the studied music end and the intuitive music begin?  Is ... it possible to separate the two and play on pure creative intuition? I ask that same question of the ...
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  A familiar scene of pistols: No Country for Old Men’s adaptation of Target Pistol and Man

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  Emily Hiltz Carleton University, School of Journalism and Communication

  October 16, 2015

  plotline of past and future violence by suspending visual evidence of Carla Jean’s possible off-screen ... Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario, positioned alongside the iconic painting, Target Pistol ... and Man (1980). Labelled a pop culture pairing, both images supply an unsettling taste of possible ...
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  The Myth of COLBERT NATION Millenials?

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  Shaun Treat independent scholar, public intellectual & Gonzo Academic

  September 02, 2015

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  disenfranchising young voters-- alongside #BlackLivesMatter activism and Bernie Sanders populism-- might help ... community micro-causes. Is it possible for this national trend of Millenial voter apathy to evolve into ...
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  Naked and Afraid: Survivalist Reality Television Goes Full Frontal

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  Teter Georgia State University Alumna

  November 23, 2015

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  survivalist shows offer the chance to “experience” the wilderness survival alongside the hosts or contestants. ... Keith McCafferty says, “Watching the videos, I was kneeling right alongside him while he struck sparks ...
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  Producing and Consuming Survival: Naked and Afraid through The Right Reasons

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  Ethan Tussey Georgia State University

  December 07, 2015

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  Juliet Litman, the producers of the recently defunct (but possibly returning) The Right Reasons podcast ... in which these tensions can be explored alongside other reality tv pleasures, giving permission to ...
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  Art Cinema's Exploitation

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  Adam Cottrel Georgia State University

  November 06, 2015

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  exploitation in the annals of cinema that understands this issue alongside capitalism. From Modern Times (1936) ... commercial cinema. But what is frequently missed is not how these cinemas have worked alongside one another ...
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  “With all due respect, I’m far from a slut”, the hidden social justice advocate in Maury Povich

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  Anonymous In Media Res Special Category

  April 10, 2015

  “With all due respect, I’m far from a slut”, the hidden social justice advocate in Maury Povich ... producer then comes to the stage (clearly a very educated person) and said “with all due respect, I’m far ...
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  Terkel at the Packard

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  Cary O'Dell Library of Congress

  January 14, 2015

  states to Terkel: I’m not mad at this country anymore; I’m very worried about it…. The country doesn’t ...
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  On Watching and Seeing: The Limits of Cell Phone Evidence

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  Antar Tichavakunda University of Southern California

  March 02, 2015

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  responded, “No, I’m not saying that at all, I’m saying that he basically rushed towards the officers with his ...
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  Colbert and the Talk Show Games

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  Ethan Thompson Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

  August 31, 2015

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  segments and I’m not sure were that far removed from “Heatherball.” But it does seems to me that Colbert is ... top-dollar stars the first week or two of the new Colbert show, I’m looking forward to a few more weeks down ...

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