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  What Happens When We Watch What Happens Live?, or The Aftershow as Critical Mediation

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  Jennifer S. Clark Fordham University

  April 21, 2016

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  What Happens When We Watch What Happens Live?, or The Aftershow as Critical Mediation Watch What Happens Live The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reality TV labor Bravo After TV Curator's Note On the April 5, 2016 episode of Watch What Happens Live ...
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  Body Body Body

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  Amelie Hastie Amherst College

  April 21, 2016

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  Body Body Body Creed Ryan Coogler authorship Curator's Note In the 11th round of Adonis Creed’s fight against reigning champ “Pretty Ricky” Conlan, Rocky coaches him from the sidelines: “Body, body, body!” he shouts. This phrase — this repetition of ...
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  Your Legacy is More Than a Name: Creed and the Resurrection of the Boxing Film

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  Rebecca Sheehan United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney

  April 20, 2016

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  know I’m not a mistake.” The audience’s willingness to cheer for Donny matters more to the film’s ...
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  “If I fight, you fight”: Sly Stallone and the aged action star’s triumphant submission in Creed

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  Glen Donnar RMIT University

  April 18, 2016

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  “If I fight, you fight”: Sly Stallone and the aged action star’s triumphant submission in Creed Sylvester Stallone Rocky masculinity boxing film ageing action stardom 80s action Curator's Note The training montage is a genre staple of the boxing film ...
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  The best film artwork is *not* coming to a theater near you

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  Matthew Chojnacki Freelance

  April 15, 2016

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  possible by simply asking (or begging) theater and video store managers for any leftovers. My favorite ... Aside from a few directors that still seemed to have a say in their promotional campains (see Quentin ...
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  Re: Anticipatory Media and Fan Produced Anticipation

  Motivations, posters and trailers...

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  Keith M. Johnston University of East Anglia

  Tuesday, April 12, 2016 — 12:33 pm

  expressing a character preference, simply sharing the excitement, or possibly passing for 'the ...
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  Anticipatory Media and Fan Produced Anticipation

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  Keith M. Johnston University of East Anglia

  April 12, 2016

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  Anticipatory Media and Fan Produced Anticipation Fan-made posters Avengers Anticipatory Media Curator's Note The last decade has seen a huge rise in the frequency, availability and ubiquity of advance promotional materials such as film posters or tra ...
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  Skewering Normative Cuteness with Latinidad

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  Rebecca Mercedes Gordon Northern Arizona University

  April 04, 2016

  Betty’s head. Charlie’s actions reflect an everyday cruelty made possible by Charlie’s physical cuteness ... and privileged whiteness. Betty steps aside, but her pain emerges as a nightmare in the form of ...
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  “Noble Maiden Fair (A Mhaighdean Bhan Uasal)” Soundscape

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  Nicole Motahari Georgia State University

  March 31, 2016

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  expected of her, but proves that by holding her own and proving her maturity, it is possible for her to ...
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  Re: Problematic Motherhood: Disney Princesses and the Missing or Overbearing Mother

  Good points.

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  Kathryn Talbot The University of Queensland

  Thursday, March 31, 2016 — 12:34 am

  isn't devoid of mothers (Toy Story, Brave, Mulan), but aside from these notable exceptions, there is not ... real trend in representing motherhood aside from absence. It's unpleasant to see that in Tangled, ...

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