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  Tatiana plays Alison playing Sarah: Costumes and Clone Swaps

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  Staci Stutsman Syracuse University

  April 17, 2015

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  of course I’m your mom,” Alison says in a strained English accent. Maslany’s acting style allows Kira ...
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  Kathryn Alexandre and the Performance of the Body

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  Zoë Shacklock University of St Andrews

  April 14, 2015

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  Kathryn Alexandre and the Performance of the Body performance Orphan Black body Curator's Note In BBC America’s behind the scenes video, Kathryn Alexandre describes herself as ‘Tatiana’s clone double’. The redundancy of this somewhat awkward tautolog ...
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  Genres Collide at the Clone Dance Party

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  Moira OKeeffe Bellarmine University

  April 16, 2015

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  Genres Collide at the Clone Dance Party Orphan Black genre character Curator's Note One of the most popular Orphan Black scenes is the “clone dance party” from the season two finale, perhaps because it provides a rare moment of celebration and unity ...
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  Teaching Orphan Black

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  Alisa Perren University of Texas at Austin

  April 13, 2015

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  Teaching Orphan Black television criticism Teaching pedagogy paratexts Orphan Black Curator's Note A couple of years ago, I decided to undertake a sustained analysis of one series in my  Television Analysis  course. Each week, we would apply a distin ...
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  Orphan Black and the Performance Text of Attractions

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  R. Colin Tait Texas Christian University

  April 07, 2014

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  Orphan Black and the Performance Text of Attractions Television Acting Tatiana Maslany performance Orphan Black Curator's Note   Quality Television depends on quality acting. Period. Though new titles in TV Studies scholarship- such as Elana Levine a ...