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  Re: Making the scripted more real? Pro wrestling and Twitter

  Wrestlers and Twitter

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  Sam Ford Massachusetts Institute for Technology

  Tuesday, August 17, 2010 — 12:40 pm

  storytelling side, some (as your Hornswoggle example) fall perhaps a little too far outside it, and yet others ...
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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

  marketing machine (See Side #3) or is Dylan Post (Hornswoggle’s real name) just boringly updating his ...
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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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  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: The Body That Can't Win

  Thanks, Yvonne, for your

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  Matt Thomas University of Iowa

  Friday, August 13, 2010 — 2:56 pm

  could be interesting though.) Perhaps Stallone's body illustrates the dark side of makeover ...
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  The Body That Can't Win

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  Matt Thomas University of Iowa

  August 13, 2010

  5 comments

  The Body That Can't Win The Expendables the body Stallone Rocky Rambo masculinity action Curator's Note Sylvester Stallone’s body used to be relatively ordinary looking. Carl Weathers is the superior physical specimen in Rocky (1976)   and Rocky ...
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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

  The interesting flip side to this post is those actors who seem poised to become the next action ...
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  The World in Action

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  Mark Gallagher University of Nottingham

  August 11, 2010

  5 comments

  The World in Action violence transnational masculinity Jija Yanin action film Curator's Note Well into the summer action-movie season, Hollywood’s prestige fare such as Iron Man 2 and Robin Hood may be a distant memory as such genre staples as The A- ...
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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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  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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