Philip Scepanski

Visiting Assistant Professor of FilmVassar College

phscepanski@vassar.edu

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The Interview and Cultural Superiority as International Satire

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Philip Scepanski Vassar College

March 13, 2015
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The Interview and Cultural Superiority as International Satire satire politics comedy Curator's Note “Sure, he's a brutal dictator responsible for incomprehensible suffering, but what's really bad is Kim Jong Un's taste in TV and music ...

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Re: Can the Sony Hack Prove Hollywood is Sexist?

Building off of Jen's point

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Philip Scepanski Vassar College

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 — 4:37 pm
I think Jen is absolutely correct that one should measure the potential for ethical good over the harm being done by working with illegally-obtained documents. We should also ask ourselves, as ethical scholars, what we might be willing to get in trouble o ...
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Re: Lessons Learned from Sony’s handling of The Interview, Theaters, and VOD

The Tron Effect

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Philip Scepanski Vassar College

Thursday, March 12, 2015 — 4:21 pm
The 1982 film Tron is notable as the first film with a significant amount of mise-en-scene constructed by computers. 1996's Toy Story is notable as the first *successful* film of that kind. I've often wondered, would it have taken 14 years for a ...