Hayley Hoffman

Graduate Student & Teaching AssistantUniversity of Kentucky

KentuckyUnited States

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"I’m so sick of chasing ghosts": Time Manipulation in This is Us

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Hayley Hoffman University of Kentucky

May 12, 2020
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"I’m so sick of chasing ghosts": Time Manipulation in This is Us time manipulation this is us drama Curator's Note In the last three minutes of the season four finale “Strangers: Part Two,” This is Us viewers visit the Pearson family in f ...
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An Atticus for Our Time: To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway

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Hayley Hoffman University of Kentucky

August 27, 2019
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An Atticus for Our Time: To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway courtroom dramas to kill a mockingbird atticus finch Curator's Note Perhaps one of the most popular courtroom dramas of all time, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, has finally arrived on t ...

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Re: Perry Mason, Matlock, and McBride: Television Courtroom Dramas as Classical Mysteries

Great post!

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University of Kentucky

Friday, August 30, 2019 — 1:46 am
Great post, Geoffrey! Like Katie, I'm really taken by the idea of crime dramas/courtroom dramas acting as game shows. I always watch modern crime dramas differently than I do any other show, because I am always on the lookout for the culprit-- and fe ...
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Re: An Atticus for Our Time: To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway

Thank you!

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University of Kentucky

Friday, August 30, 2019 — 1:47 am
Thanks, Geoffrey! I highly recommend seeing the play, either in New York or on tour next year. It is an incredible production! ...
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Re: Dun Dun!: That "Law and Order" sound

A Ringtone

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University of Kentucky

Friday, August 30, 2019 — 1:49 am
Great post, David! I once heard this sound as someone's ringtone in an airport-- it was amazing to watch everyone's faces light up around me, because we all recognized the sound. I love the idea that Law and Order is so ingrained into pop cultur ...