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  Re: Reboots, Remakes, and Adaptations

  Burton's Bat

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  William Proctor Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland

  Tuesday, August 7, 2012 — 8:14 am

  Batman was a reboot- I think it is a franchise-starter. The 1960s Batman film was a TV spin-off rather ...
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  Re: What’s the Point of a Reboot?, or, Waiting for Godot in a Comic Book Shop

  Comic Book Reboots Pt 1

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  William Proctor Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland

  Tuesday, August 7, 2012 — 8:26 am

  of course, to spin a whirlpool of profit potential: one has to recognize that the cash nexus is where ...
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  Beginning Again: The Reboot Paradox

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  William Proctor Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland

  August 08, 2012

  2 comments

  in order to streamline inconsistencies and convolution- and, of course, to spin a whirlpool of profit ...
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  Re: Reboots, Remakes, and Adaptations

  Burton's Bat and Adam West

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  Ian Peters University of North Georgia

  Wednesday, August 8, 2012 — 5:09 pm

  a spin-off from the television series, it is important to keep in mind that for many people this was how they ...
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  “After 4 Years of a Celebrity President,” is Romney the Anti-Celebrity Candidate?

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  Sue Collins Michigan Technological University

  August 13, 2012

  4 comments

  “After 4 Years of a Celebrity President,” is Romney the Anti-Celebrity Candidate? popular culture politics Political Polarization political advertising celebrity Curator's Note Last April, Super PAC American Crossroads revived the McCain campaign’s a ...
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  Re: “After 4 Years of a Celebrity President,” is Romney the Anti-Celebrity Candidate?

  The Cult of (Socialist?) Celebrity

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  Justin Owen Rawlins and Zenia Kish The University of Tulsa

  Saturday, August 18, 2012 — 10:30 pm

  company Obama is made to keep when those attacking his platforms use the "S" word and spin tales ...
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  From Bartlet to Knope: Politics and instructional television

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  Rossend Sanchez-Baro Universitat Pompeu Fabra

  August 20, 2012

  10 comments

  a didactic point of view has not suceeded on the small screen. The West Wing 's pseudo-spin-off, Mister ...
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  Politics Is Funny, But Nothing To Laugh At: The Daily Show And Its Limits

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  Sudeep Sharma UCLA

  August 22, 2012

  12 comments

  Politics Is Funny, But Nothing To Laugh At: The Daily Show And Its Limits Politics as Entertainment politics Occupy news media criticism journalism Jon Stewart Daily Show Curator's Note Going beyond humor, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart creates a cl ...
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  Re: Politics Is Funny, But Nothing To Laugh At: The Daily Show And Its Limits

  The political conversation

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  Amber Day Bryant University

  Saturday, August 25, 2012 — 4:00 am

  amplifying the self-interested spin created by political operatives. Indeed, I think his overall critique is ...
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  Kung Fu and Cowboys: Hip Hop Cinema in the 1970s?

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  Cutler Edwards UC San Diego

  September 05, 2012

  2 comments

  b-boys’ defiantly spinning legs and whirling arms carved out and reclaimed space in the community. ...

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