Justin Owen Rawlins
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Celebrity judgment
This is so interesting, Harry. Your post and the audio clip have me thinking about how Hodgman's performance of judgment exists alongside someone like Judge Judy whose popularity seems in part to come through the performative combination of spectacle ... -
Re: Bloody Accents!
American exports
I really enjoyed this, Christine. It taps into something I've been thinking about a lot over the last few weeks as I've re-watched Game of Thrones. In particular I've been thinking about the evolution of Peter Dinklage's accent. I find ... -
Danes and performative labor
Thanks for your post, Colin. Yeah, the more I watch (and re-watch) Homeland, the more I find myself drawn to the ways in which disability is used to foreground what we often regard as the labor of the performer. For Danes in particular, I’d be keen to go ... -
Genre and meta-performance
Hi Aaron. Good points. I like that you are bringing genre into this conversation as well, because I think that certainly informs producers’, performers’, and audiences’ efforts to make sense of the acting. Your example made me think of the Dr. Romano stor ... -
Long performances
I really like this piece, Colin. I'm struck by the possibilities that television's long form storytelling afford for considering the subtleties of screen performance. In what other medium can a performer work for years (and dozens of screen hour ... -
Mobility
This is a very interesting take on Atlanta’s situation within the symbolic space of TWD and the racialized imaginary of wealthy white suburbia. In reading your entry, Paul, and Adryan’s response, the importance of mobility is really thrust to the forefron ... -
Authority
Your point is a good one! I think Shane's role in the television version of TWD recreates much the same problem posed by Rick's leadership. I've been amazed, especially after reading through many of the TWD comics, how the show forecloses l ...