Chad Thomas Beck
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Re: Genre Matters
Reception
As you show clearly, Andreas, genre does matter. What we have are essentially two different texts. I’m curious how adapting the documentary to the science fiction genre altered the textual form as well as the meaning as expressed through its reception ... -
Fantasy and Difference
Robert, This is a very provocative post, and I agree with you that the representations of difference on_The Amazing Race_ are expedient and chimerical. These representations seem to be a fantasy constructed by the producers as part of their commerci ... -
Race, Sex, and Defining Obama
Amber, This is very interesting post on how the videos, as you argue, express the candidates’ race and sexuality in ways that are, in comparison to mainstream debates, taboo—or at least they provide alternative ways of framing and responding to the cand ... -
Posthuman Pinocchios, Bladerunner, and Gender
Erika, this is a fascinating post. In some ways, Dollhouse does address universal themes of what it means to be human. The famous line, “‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all,” by the 19 th century English poet Alfred, Lo ... -
Response
Thanks, Gabriela, for your questions and comments. To explain what these in-program advertisements alter, let me provide more context. The privatization of the state network Imevisión that resulted in TV Azteca (1993) was one of the consequences of the n ...