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  Love and AIDS in the Afternoon

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  Cassandra Belek TV Industry Professional

  February 15, 2012

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  Stone's HIV/AIDS storyline have been possible outside of a daytime soap opera? Can the talk shows ...
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  Sudsy Superheroes and Transmedia Storytelling, or, Why Comic Book Heroes Do It Better

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  May 04, 2007

  forestall possible cancellation through what amounted to little more than a one time stunt, Marvel's ... even hints at the possibility for future plot entanglements. What if Stark showed up as a rival to ...
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  “She’s a Marvel”: Daytime Soaps and Transmedia Storytelling

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  Elana Levine

  April 10, 2007

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  “She’s a Marvel”: Daytime Soaps and Transmedia Storytelling superheroes comic books crossover soap operas Guiding Light Marvel Enterprises transmedia storytelling cancellation ratings gimmick genre conventions genre hybridity Curator's Note Harley Da ...
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  How to (Not) End a Soap

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  Christine Becker University of Notre Dame

  February 13, 2012

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  How to (Not) End a Soap TV series finales soap operas narrative Future of Soap Opera Curator's Note  In one of the great last acts in television history (no really, trust me, it was that good), One Life to Live ’s final month offered an abundance of ...
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  Luke Spencer: General Hospital’s Repentant Rapist

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  Elana Levine

  March 19, 2008

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  Luke Spencer: General Hospital’s Repentant Rapist patriarchy gender rape masculinity masochism soap operas 1970s General Hospital violence guilt Curator's Note As the 1970s drew to a close, the most popular character on US daytime television soap ope ...