I find this theatrical and cartoon aesthetics particularly pertinent in the rare scenes in which something happens in the series. When Lois severs Guy's foot with the lawnmower in season 3 ("Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency") the gory ...
/*-->*/ Is it over? But I’m not done yet! Also, I’m not sure I understand. The function of the ‘Guy’ scene is obvious, isn’t it – you pointed it out already, Frank. But the mid-3rd season we know that no gun is going to be fired, so the most harmless o ...
This is great material and food for thought. I find all of it very convincing, and would just like to add a footnote on the aspect of a figure's resistance or resilience to parody- or, in other words, its staying power in the cultural field. Batman i ...
/*-->*/ Wow, this has taken off without me. Wait! Two observations on a discussion which makes lots of relevant points: 1. The uncovering of Batman’s identity in this movie may have more substantial consequences than the two of you acknowledge – this m ...
Excellent questions, Jason!! Could you please provide the answers tomorrow? I could not possibly come up with an overarching answer to this, I guess it depends very much on the individual text/context/mediality. One device that I came across very frequent ...
Please try and keep Nigel contained. Once he goes serial, we're all lost. As to irony and the serial figure: ok, I'll modify: when full-fledged they don't go together. Once the irony affects the serial figure to the extent that we cannot ta ...
/*-->*/ Fascinating material, thank you! I watched the clip before I read your post- and, uh, am not familiar with Breaking Bad. While this is an inexcusable deficit, it might not be all bad for our purposes here. There was no serial memory to guide me ...
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theatrical seriality
Don't thank us (yet)...
got it
Resilience to parody
an end to continuity
codes of comprehension
nigel
Emotional backstories...