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  Re: Lady Gaga and the High Heels of New Feminism

  Inter/facing Fashion--or, fashion sans Gaga

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  Kristopher L. Cannon Georgia State University

  Friday, August 6, 2010 — 5:39 am

  "face" more broadly--possibly theoretically.  We are talking about how she looks, how she might be ...
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  Action Tones

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  Eric LeMay Ohio University

  August 09, 2010

  6 comments

  new). I’m taken by this tonal element in Mann’s aesthetic not only for its own sake, but also as ...
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  Re: Action Tones

  Global Tone?

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  Drew Ayers Eastern Washington University

  Monday, August 9, 2010 — 2:56 pm

  is it something that is confined to Hollywood action blockbusters?  You hint at the possibility that ...
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  A Failure of Imagination: The role of disability in AVATAR

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  Jennifer Proctor University of Michigan-Dearborn

  August 10, 2010

  6 comments

  A Failure of Imagination: The role of disability in AVATAR disability avatar ableism Curator's Note "When I was lying in the V.A. hospital with a big hole blown through the middle of my life, I started having these dreams of flying. I was free. ...
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  Re: A Failure of Imagination: The role of disability in AVATAR

  Alternative Avatars

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  Eric LeMay Ohio University

  Tuesday, August 10, 2010 — 4:36 pm

  differently abled bodies in cinema," you seem to have hope for the possibilities that CGI offers the ... genre.  I'm keen to hear any thoughts you'd be up for sharing about the possible successes of ...
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  The World in Action

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  Mark Gallagher University of Nottingham

  August 11, 2010

  5 comments

  mode’s mission of global saturation. To grow its East Asian markets, Hollywood regularly casts Asian or ... Asian-American actors: Jackie Chan in The Karate Kid (coproduced by the China Film Group and with the more ...
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  Re: The World in Action

  The ones who don't make it

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  Jennifer Proctor University of Michigan-Dearborn

  Thursday, August 12, 2010 — 1:45 am

  seemed a natural up-and-comer, but he tested terribly for Asian audiences. There go those international ...
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  A History of Violence: politics, profits, and the changing face of the WWE

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  David Ray Carter Film Critic

  August 16, 2010

  9 comments

  A History of Violence: politics, profits, and the changing face of the WWE WWE violence professional wrestling Curator's Note In 2005, the WWE held the “Judgment Day” pay-per-view, of which the main event between John Cena and JBL is considered one o ...
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  Re: A History of Violence: politics, profits, and the changing face of the WWE

  Shane Could Possibly Comment...

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  Bryce McNeil Georgia State University

  Monday, August 16, 2010 — 7:19 pm

  ...on what element of "gets what's coming to him" heat "the Ultimate Fighter" (the Spike! reality-based show) adds to UFC.   One could argue that former WWE performer Brock Lesnar has worked that type of heat better than anyone.  H ...
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  Making the scripted more real? Pro wrestling and Twitter

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  Cory Barker Bradley University

  August 17, 2010

  4 comments

  Making the scripted more real? Pro wrestling and Twitter twitter social media pro wrestling Curator's Note Professional wrestling is not real. Most fans are aware that what they are seeing is pre-scripted and delivered by performers in character. Des ...

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