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• In Media Res
  Re: Growing Up Potter: Death and Maturity in the Harry Potter Fandom

  The Finality of Death

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  Drew Ayers Eastern Washington University

  Monday, November 15, 2010 — 4:30 pm

  Thanks, Kelly, for kicking the week off with a great post!  You raise a lot of issues- especially concerning fan engagement and interfacing with the books/films- that I think will continue throughout the week. I have always admired Rowling's willingn ...
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  Re: Harry Potter and the Satanic Specters: The Franchise as Seen Through its Religious Metaliterature

  Copyright Issues

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  Drew Ayers Eastern Washington University

  Thursday, November 18, 2010 — 5:15 pm

    What a fascinating post, Vincent!  I was familiar with some of the religious furor over the books, but only in a hackneyed, popular media way.  The strong narrative in the media is of crazy religious fundamentalists who are scared that Harry Potter is g ...
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  Re: Transmedia Recipes? Consuming Butterbeer, Pumpkin Juice and Everyflavor Beans

  An Actual Virtuality

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  Drew Ayers Eastern Washington University

  Wednesday, November 17, 2010 — 8:09 pm

  What I find so compelling about the example you detail in your post, Lisa, is that it serves as a great illustration of how media can give actual embodiment to virtualities.  The phenomenological experience of reading/watching Harry Potter is, to be sure, ...
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  Re: Three is the Magic Number: Trios and Trinities in Harry Potter

  Three vs. Seven

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  Drew Ayers Eastern Washington University

  Friday, November 19, 2010 — 5:07 pm

    Thank you, Christopher, for rounding out our Harry Potter week with such an insightful post.  Your argument is compelling, and thinking through Harry Potter in terms of threes provides a unique way of making sense of the narrative. What do you make of t ...
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  Re: Coming of Age with Harry

  Life and Joy

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  Drew Ayers Eastern Washington University

  Tuesday, November 16, 2010 — 5:12 pm

  Mary, thanks for giving us such a joyful contrast to yesterday's topic of death.  While the Harry Potter series does deal with some very adult topics- death, betrayal, jealously, among others- the world of Harry Potter has also given many of its read ...
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  Re: Aging and Action Authenticity

  Aging Gracefully?

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  Drew Ayers Eastern Washington University

  Thursday, August 12, 2010 — 3:26 pm

  Yvonne- Thanks for continuing this theme week with another great post! I think you're definitely on to something with your assessment of aging and action authenticity, and it's got me thinking a lot about larger cultural discourses about age, ex ...
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  Re: The Body That Can't Win

  Stallone and Plastic Surgery

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  Drew Ayers Eastern Washington University

  Friday, August 13, 2010 — 3:53 pm

  Thanks, Matt, for ending our theme week with another great post! Stallone is also an interesting figure for our "makeover culture" because, along with being criticized for his physique, he has also been criticized for bad plastic surgery.  If yo ...
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  Re: A Failure of Imagination: The role of disability in AVATAR

  The frailty of the body

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  Drew Ayers Eastern Washington University

  Tuesday, August 10, 2010 — 1:39 pm

  Thanks for a great post, Jen!  I think it'll tie in nicely with some of the upcoming posts that deal with aging and the body. From the perspective of the "broken body," your post is interesting because it highlights a theme that runs throug ...
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  Re: Action Tones

  Global Tone?

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  Drew Ayers Eastern Washington University

  Monday, August 9, 2010 — 2:56 pm

  Hi Eric!  Thanks for starting us off with a great post.  You touch on a lot of themes that I think we'll see throughout the week- action stars, realism and authenticity, special effects, and contemporary heroes- so I think your post is a good way to ...
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  Re: The World in Action

  A World Aesthetic?

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  Drew Ayers Eastern Washington University

  Wednesday, August 11, 2010 — 3:32 pm

  Hi Mark- Thanks for continuing this week's theme with another great post!  You add a nice industrial/labor perspective that really rounds out the discussion. Having only seen about one-third of the films you mention, I admit I'm no expert, but I ...

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