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  The Many Texts of Textless Paratexts

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  Johannes Mahlknecht University of Innsbruck, Austria

  March 17, 2014

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  trailer only funny if we know the source it's adapting. The line, "I’m here because I’m ...
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  Can Catwoman Challenge Patriarchy?

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  Michael Lecker George Mason University

  September 28, 2007

  Batman driven narrative? What ideologies is Selina questioning with such quotes as “Tell me I’m not in ...
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  Corporate Authorship, Film Adaptation, and Universal Pictures’ The Raven (1935)

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  Kyle Edwards Oakland University

  November 27, 2007

  4 comments

  of betrayal and torture and, in a more harrowing possibility, possess the potential of transforming ...
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  Hmong Bollywood

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  Jigna Desai University of Minnesota

  April 18, 2008

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  transnationalism Curator's Note Is it possible to be a diaspora without a “homeland” cinema or media? What ...
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  How To Do Reality Justice?

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  Florian Daferner Südwestrundfunk

  September 30, 2025

  and authentically as possible. This starts with the production itself, when the camera team tries to ... shoot as unobtrusively as possible so as to influence the actions as little as possible, or, ideally, ... and comments on changes in locations and possible jumps in time on-camera, documentaries often rely on ...
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  "There are eight million stories in the naked city; this has been one of them": Procedurality and The Naked City

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  gwijthoff

  March 11, 2010

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  "There are eight million stories in the naked city; this has been one of them": Procedurality and The Naked City 1940s adaptation cinema dassin Film Noir media theory procedurality procedure seriality serials telegraph telephone Curator's N ...
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  Armenian-Americans American-Armenians

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  Ken Martin Suffolk University

  October 02, 2025

  him in the photograph. While outside of the immediate killing zone in Turkey he happened by a train ... camera and trying to avoid propaganda style photos, if that’s possible at all, works best. Images of ...
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  Adapting Trauma from Novel to Screen

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  Anna Froula East Carolina University

  March 27, 2012

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  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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  Situating Hannibal within the ‘Fullerverse’: Now More Than Ever Seems It Rich to Die

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  Lori Morimoto Independent Scholar

  September 21, 2015

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  Situating Hannibal within the ‘Fullerverse’: Now More Than Ever Seems It Rich to Die showrunner auteur Pushing Daisies Mockingbird Lane Hannibal death Bryan Fuller adaptation Curator's Note Editorial Note: Welcome to Hannibal theme week! Our apprecia ...
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  Hulk Smash Wimpy White Man Who is Also Hulk: Reasserting Masculine Authority through Masochism

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  March 21, 2008

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  Hulk Smash Wimpy White Man Who is Also Hulk: Reasserting Masculine Authority through Masochism whiteness race gender adaptation masculinity superheroes masochism Marvel Enterprises CBS 1970s destabilize David Savran reflexive sadomasochism backlash Incred ...

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