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• In Media Res
  Re: A "Huge" Cancellation and the ABC Family Brand

  Hi Phoebe-thanks for a really

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  Joe Barton Newcastle University

  Monday, November 12, 2012 — 4:53 pm

  Hi Phoebe-thanks for a really informative post! I've not seen Huge (as a Brit previously ignorant of ABC Family's very existence), but this notion of narratives of self-acceptance as commercially nonviable or fundamentally incombatible with the ...
• In Media Res
  Re: A "Huge" Cancellation and the ABC Family Brand

  Thanks for answering my

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  Joe Barton Newcastle University

  Tuesday, November 13, 2012 — 12:24 pm

  Thanks for answering my question, Phoebe, and for the link to the interview with Blonksy- had a follow up question re: its genesis but Florian has anticipated that so thanks to both of you! It's definitely a show that I will check out, hopefully the ...
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  Re: We Don't Need Another Hero: Individualism and Self-Reliance in Teen Television

  Hi Chris, thanks for a really

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  Joe Barton Newcastle University

  Tuesday, November 13, 2012 — 12:57 pm

  Hi Chris, thanks for a really informative post! The discourse surrounding these shows that you refer to reminded me of a lot of the flurry of reactionary articles about so-called 'mumblecore' cinema 5-10 years ago- particularly this charge of na ...
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  Re: British Student Sitcoms, Teen Television and Neoliberal Pedagogy.

  Thanks, Florian. In relation

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  Joe Barton Newcastle University

  Friday, November 16, 2012 — 12:56 am

  Thanks, Florian. In relation to your question about reflecting/shaping culture, I agree that these sitcoms certainly perform that kind of work, in particular the figure of the student in The Young Ones as a more sympathetic/absurdist take on the student s ...