Christine Becker
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Fair Use
The takedown here is very frustrating, but it does us the inadvertent favor of highlighting an issue that should be addressed in discussions of videographic criticism right now, and that's Fair Use. Writing out a description of what you saw in the wo ... -
Profound point
This is a very compelling post, and your last sentence in particular is one that resonates strongly across this whole week. It's a fundamentally simple point but one with vast complexity given how easy it is for us (meaning both everyday people and m ... -
Podcast segment
And if people want even more info on Flow and what it's like, might I suggest Michael's segment from the Aca-Media podcast, when he sat down with the 2012 organizers: http://www.aca-media.org/episode1/ (It starts around the 29:30 mark). ... -
Cult Film Life
That kind of diversity also seems like another key to the ongoing cult life of this film, perhaps especially from the rewatchability angle, as it helps keep the film from feeling too dated or narrowly prescribed in its portrayals. ... -
Range
The notion of range seems like an important one, because long-running shows tend to lock actors into one characterization, and subsequent roles are often inflected by audience familiarity with the previous one, whether it's similar or different. If t ... -
Social media too
Your post really resonates with me, Hollis, as a fan of humor like this (including stuff like PhD Comics and Academic Coach Taylor). Your comments also make me think of the role social media has played in the mental side of my academic life in recent year ... -
History Courses
Thinking about this in terms of courses makes me think of my own History of TV course, which spends the early weeks on radio in order to establish how radio laid the groundwork for much of what was to come in TV. But after that, I rarely talk about radio. ... -
Embracing Jerry
My attitude toward Jerry is more one of embrace than dislike. In fact, I think this is another area where the show has effectively calibrated the character as it's gone on. There was a point in the series where the mockery of Jerry became uncomforta ... -
More Nuance
Perhaps this is another area where, much as David wrote of Ron and government, the show's writing is nuanced and has its cake and eats it too. Just as Ron thinks government is a waste yet also shows how it can work, Jerry is pathetic yet we can also ... -
Response
I love that description of crossovers. As fans, these shows all co-exist in our heads, like friends at a dinner party, so it's only natural to want to see them interact. And I really look forward to seeing your take on Jerry. I've also wanted to ...