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  Poems from Guantanamo: A Staged Musical Work Inspired by Poetry of Detainees Held in Guantanamo

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  Sam Krahn Independent

  May 13, 2016

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  Poems from Guantanamo: A Staged Musical Work Inspired by Poetry of Detainees Held in Guantanamo staged musical work Poems from Guantanamo Guantanamo contemporary music Curator's Note My contribution to this forum is a brief reflection on my recent mu ...
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  A Few Thoughts

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  Kristen A. Traynor Kent State University

  Saturday, May 14, 2016 — 7:31 pm

  a political piece, but without the willingness to face this challenge (and possible backlash), the broader ...
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  Brian Regan: “Poking a stick at the world”

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  Kathleen Collins John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City University of New York)

  May 19, 2016

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  male, Regan counters the system with sarcastic barbs and beleaguered refrains of “I’m trying.” Though ...
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  Pretty Little Peaks: Policing the Gendered Boundary of Quality Television

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  Dana Och University of Pittsburgh

  May 25, 2016

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  Pretty Little Peaks: Policing the Gendered Boundary of Quality Television Twin Peaks soap opera Pretty Little Liars Homage cinema journal Curator's Note Twin Peaks (ABC, 1990–1991) is often invoked by critics in relation to any series that has a murd ...
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  Interrogating Timelessness: Twin Peaks as "Classic" Television

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  Ross P Garner Cardiff University

  May 26, 2016

  Peaks is acknowledged as reconfiguring the aesthetic possibilities of prime time television drama during ...
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  Assumptions on 'Teen TV' Audiences

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  Ross P Garner Cardiff University

  Friday, May 27, 2016 — 10:03 am

  'youth' segments (possibly mid-to-upper twenties) and this feeds in to the intertextual strategies used. ...
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  Trump audiences: Fired up! Ready to rumble!

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  Robert Spicer Millersville University

  June 02, 2016

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  Trump audiences: Fired up! Ready to rumble! Trump political violence masses mass culture audience studies Curator's Note In The Citizen Audience Richard Butsch discusses changing social norms surrounding theater audiences in mid-19 th century America ...
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  Amy Schumer's Mirrors

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  Lisa Glebatis Perks Merrimack College

  June 02, 2016

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  Amy Schumer's Mirrors Racial Stereotypes humor comedy as mirror comedy amy schumer Curator's Note Amy Schumer's rise in comedy coincided with allegations of racial and ethnic insensitivity. Stacey Patton and David J. Leonard wrote in The Wa ...
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  Re: Trump audiences: Fired up! Ready to rumble!

  Good post Robert. I’m

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  Aaron Dickinson Sachs Saint Mary's College of California

  Thursday, June 2, 2016 — 8:40 pm

  Good post Robert. I'm interested in this question of audience/voting base. On the one hand, it seems like you're saying the violent audiences of Trump's rallies are going to be a problem for the Republicans as their brand becomes identified ...
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  The Question Concerning Technological Humor

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  Aaron Dickinson Sachs Saint Mary's College of California

  June 07, 2016

  creating an instrument to suit our vision of a humorous world.   I’m left wondering, if it were possible to ...

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