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  Re: The Avengers and the Evolution of the Multi-Film Franchise

  Old-school hierarchies creeping in?

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  Bob Rehak Swarthmore College

  Wednesday, May 9, 2012 — 1:57 pm

  a story, and a rather snarky dismissal of the idea that auteurism is possible in a franchised, transmedia ...
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  THE AVENGERS: The Rise of Superhero Movies and the End of Superhero Comics

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  Zaki Hasan ZakisCorner.com

  May 10, 2012

  3 comments

  THE AVENGERS: The Rise of Superhero Movies and the End of Superhero Comics Thor Superman movies Iron Man Hulk Captain America Avengers Curator's Note Last weekend's record-shattering release of Marvel's The Avengers marks the culmination of ...
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  What Fangirls Want: Making More of and More from Marvel's Men

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  Kayley Thomas University of Florida

  May 11, 2012

  2 comments

  varied possible dynamics between these lost figures, showing an understanding of what complex ...
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  Re: What Fangirls Want: Making More of and More from Marvel's Men

  Intertexts

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  Kayley Thomas University of Florida

  Friday, May 11, 2012 — 9:05 pm

  awareness of some of the possibilities for storytelling across movies- and other media- with the Avengers ...
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  Re: THE AVENGERS: The Rise of Superhero Movies and the End of Superhero Comics

  Comics fluidity

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  Kayley Thomas University of Florida

  Friday, May 11, 2012 — 9:07 pm

  The Avengers mutli-film franchise certainly poses the possibility of taking on some of the ...
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  Hung Out to Dry: HBO’s Cancellation Habit

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  Maya Montanez Smukler UCLA & The New School

  May 14, 2012

  4 comments

  Hung Out to Dry: HBO’s Cancellation Habit sex Save this Show, HBO Cancelled Shows, Curator's Note Premiering in June 2009, HBO’s half-hour comedy Hung embodied in its leading character a recession mania sweeping the country, as American Everyman Ray ...
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  Re: Hung Out to Dry: HBO’s Cancellation Habit

  An Embarrassment of Riches?

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  Jennifer Porst University of North Texas

  Tuesday, May 15, 2012 — 12:56 am

  ancillary market is no longer a real concern?  Is it possible that HBO just has more money than they know ...
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  'Enlightened' or Not?: How HBO Learned to Trust Its Viewers But Not Its Shows

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  Maria San Filippo Emerson College

  May 15, 2012

  5 comments

  'Enlightened' or Not?: How HBO Learned to Trust Its Viewers But Not Its Shows Enlightened HBO Save Our Show Curator's Note HBO and flashier rival Showtime became powerhouses by programming series so provocative or pedigreed that non-subscri ...
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  Re: 'Enlightened' or Not?: How HBO Learned to Trust Its Viewers But Not Its Shows

  One of these things is not like the other

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  Vernon Shetley Wellesley College

  Wednesday, May 16, 2012 — 1:02 am

  premium cable. I think I’m remembering correctly that, as the friends are pitching their “show about ...
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  Breaking In a Formula for a Successful Network Sitcom

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  Jennifer Porst University of North Texas

  May 16, 2012

  5 comments

  possible.   When networks develop shows like  Breaking In, they end up with a show that only  kind of ...

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