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Re: Ironic Authenticity: Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping

Not knowing much about

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Catherine Burwell University of Toronto

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 — 5:47 pm

change and the possibility – as you suggest at the end of your post – that politically-significant ...

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Re: Ironic Authenticity: Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping

I haven’t seen the film

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Viveca Greene Hampshire College

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 — 7:29 pm

thoughts. I’m interested in irony as it's used as a rhetorical strategy: how ironists flatter and court ... him). Later this week I’m going to address a political campaign ad that arguably attempts something ...

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Two Words: Chuck Norris

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Ian Reilly University of Guelph

January 16, 2008

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strategy. Riding the wave of popularity made possible by chucknorrisfacts.com, an ever-growing archive of ...

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Calling on the Colbert Nation: How fan practices complicate irony

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Catherine Burwell University of Toronto

January 17, 2008

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Calling on the Colbert Nation: How fan practices complicate irony politics fandom parody participation irony Stephen Colbert The Colbert Report Linda Hutcheon Colbert Nation Green Screen Challenge Jedis Curator's Note Irony, we know, is always a slip ...

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Re: Calling on the Colbert Nation: How fan practices complicate irony

I would agree with Jonathan.

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Amber Day Bryant University

Friday, January 18, 2008 — 6:34 am

questions about the almost limitless possibilities for redirecting and transforming irony, as Catherine ...

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Re: Calling on the Colbert Nation: How fan practices complicate irony

I'm curious about the extent

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Viveca Greene Hampshire College

Friday, January 18, 2008 — 6:41 am

I'm curious about the extent to which Colbert fans identify themselves--and work they produce--as "political." Do we, as academics, use the term in ways fans themselves wouldn't? And if we do use it differently, or at least more enthus ...

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“Not Only Human”- an X-Files vid by Killa and Laura Shapiro

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Tisha Turk Grinnell College

January 29, 2008

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“Not Only Human”- an X-Files vid by Killa and Laura Shapiro X-Files fandom fan vids editing affect aesthetics Curator's Note One of the most common subgenres of vid is the character study, in which vidders illuminate characters’ emotions or motivatio ...

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A Day in the Life: Using the Music- a Dead Zone vid by Shalott and Speranza

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Jacqueline Kjono Independent Scholar

January 30, 2008

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A Day in the Life: Using the Music- a Dead Zone vid by Shalott and Speranza USA Network synching narrative lyrics fan vids editing DIY Dead Zone Curator's Note One of the challenges vidders face is finding a song with lyrics that work for the charact ...

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Re: A Day in the Life: Using the Music - a Dead Zone vid by Shalott and Speranza