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  Re: On Political Satire: ‘Ha-Ha’ Funny or Contemptuously So?

  I agree that the individual

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  Thursday, July 26, 2007 — 7:04 pm

  conflation there seems to be several possible relational positions that are produced: * The individual ...
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  On Political Satire: ‘Ha-Ha’ Funny or Contemptuously So?

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  Jeffrey P. Jones Old Dominion University

  July 24, 2007

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  On Political Satire: ‘Ha-Ha’ Funny or Contemptuously So? satire George W. Bush politics FOX fandom Comedy Central Gulliver’s Travels Half-Hour News Hour humor Daily Show Lil Bush criticism animation Little Rascals Jon Stewart contempt anti-fandom Rory Bre ...
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  Virtual Funeral Crashing

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  Dave Parry University of Texas at Dallas

  July 20, 2007

  3 comments

  outnumbered it was a one sided battle to say the least. This event generated increasingly angry discussion on ...
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  Re: Global Machinima: Pros and Cons?

  I concur w/ Richard’s

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  Matthew Thomas Payne University of Notre Dame

  Wednesday, July 18, 2007 — 6:48 pm

  avatar puppet-theater. I’m interested in hearing whether anyone else thinks that another game might be ...
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  Global Machinima: Pros and Cons?

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  Radhika Gajjala Bowling Green State University

  July 16, 2007

  11 comments

  Global Machinima: Pros and Cons? representation otherness machinima human rights globalization educational media digital literacy children Curator's Note I found this on Rik's blog (Rik's blog itself is a very interesting layered negotiatio ...
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  Re: The Human Rights of Cylons “as a Race”

  MIchael: such excellent

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  Lisa Nakamura University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

  Sunday, July 15, 2007 — 10:21 am

  think that the other escape is much more politicized, if that's possible: Cylons who are ...
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  Re: Battlestar Galactica: Subversive Sci-Fi?

  I wonder how the underdog

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  Michael Peterson University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Sunday, July 15, 2007 — 2:05 am

  (like so much, this didn't transfer to Angel...). If this is a factor, it possibly heightens the ...
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  Battlestar Galactica: Subversive Sci-Fi?

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  Roberta Pearson University of Nottingham (UK)

  July 13, 2007

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  Battlestar Galactica: Subversive Sci-Fi? terrorism Sci-fi Battlestar Galactica cable original programming ratings Curator's Note Time Magazine has hailed BSG as the best program on television. Critics praise its under-dog protagonists' perspecti ...
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  The Human Rights of Cylons “as a Race”

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  Michael Peterson University of Wisconsin, Madison

  July 12, 2007

  3 comments

  The Human Rights of Cylons “as a Race” race Sci-fi Battlestar Galactica human rights torture Curator's Note BSG often simplistically asks whether the Cylons have rights (every time a human says “she's just a machine!” the flattered audience know ...
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  Re: Multiracial Battlestar Galactica

  Related to your point, Lisa,

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  Michael Peterson University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Wednesday, July 11, 2007 — 11:04 pm

  a different note, is it possible to argue that this multiracial dilemma Brander sums up here is somewhat ... better) in the show, couldn't that mean that it's actually historicized on our side of the ...

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