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  Queer Jewish Difference

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  Rachel Silverman Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

  March 20, 2012

  7 comments

  Queer Jewish Difference television religious representations on television lesbian Jews gay Curator's Note Because neither Jewish identity nor lesbian/gay identity is a necessarily seen identity, beginning in the mid nineteenth century and continuing ...
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  Louie's "God" As Cathartic Television

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  Kelli Marshall DePaul University

  March 22, 2012

  4 comments

  Louie's "God" As Cathartic Television television religion parenting louie god Curator's Note A scene that precedes this one from Louie 's episode "God" has been described as disturbing, graphic, creepy, and horrifying. I ...
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  Modern Family

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  Rachel Silverman Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

  Thursday, March 22, 2012 — 12:51 pm

  there- mixed race, same-sex couple, step-dad, adopted Asian baby etc.- but not any mention of religion. ...
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  Adapting Trauma from Novel to Screen

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  Anna Froula East Carolina University

  March 27, 2012

  14 comments

  Adapting Trauma from Novel to Screen trauma The Hunger Games PTSD combat adaptation Curator's Note Editor's note: Froula describes her reactions to the film, including references to departures from the book, and assumes knowledge of the first bo ...
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  Haymitch and the irredeemable character

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  Karen Petruska University of California, Santa Barbara

  Tuesday, March 27, 2012 — 4:31 pm

  of Haymitch.  He is the character that foreshadows Katniss' possible future--he continues to ... bleak is this portrayal when you consider the possible metaphor for our returning soldiers?   Many ...
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  physical trauma and Haymitch's casting

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  Charlotte Howell University of Texas at Austin

  Tuesday, March 27, 2012 — 6:15 pm

  Katniss' ghost of a possible future, and a terrifying one at that. ...
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  The Hunger Games, Battle Royale, and Transmedia Fan Regulation

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  Al Harahap University of Arizona

  March 29, 2012

  6 comments

  The Hunger Games, Battle Royale, and Transmedia Fan Regulation Battle Royale fan regulation intellectual property Marxist recuperation media regulation plagiarism The Hunger Games transmedia Curator's Note A blogger identifies striking similarities b ...
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  what are the stakes?

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  Karen Petruska University of California, Santa Barbara

  Friday, March 30, 2012 — 1:44 pm

  director's cut of Blade Runner, where the fans were outraged by a closing off of possible interpretations for ...
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  On the Surprise of the Game

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  Paul Eisenstein Otterbein University

  April 02, 2012

  6 comments

  possibility of surprise. A game is never so anxiously enjoyable as when, but for this or that instance of ... possible in the opening of the game works in the favor of my team or in the other, this is why I watch.   ...
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  Faking it

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  Robert Cavanagh Northwestern University/New York Film Academy

  Monday, April 2, 2012 — 10:12 pm

  It was a possibility already inscribed in the game, although certainly not  pre-determined. Clearly, ...

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