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Irony & Audience
Thanks for this post, Myra. I often bring up the Chapelle show when I'm teaching students about encoding/decoding, but perhaps Key & Peele will be even more pedagogical considering the element of "multiculturalism." I think this kind of ... -
More bootstrapism
Thank you for this insightful commentary. This is another prime example of neoliberal bootstrapism. Don't blame the structures, blame the individuals. Ugh. I feel like it's also really telling that an ostensibly progressive show like The Daily S ... -
Excellent questions...
Thank you for this, Diana. I think these questions (what counts as "feminism," can there be an actual "rape joke" that "works," etc.) are important and complicated. I just started watching Inside Amy Schumar (only on Season 1 ... -
Audience, $'s, and Status Update
Great piece, Manny! You make great points, and like Jennifer, I am really interested in the idea of branding contradictions. As a conflicted fan of the show, it's those contradictions that I relate to---which is why I can have my critique of the show ... -
This makes me like Girls more!
I hadn't seen these recaps either. You provide a fascinating analysis of this work, and I am equally interested in the complexity of this pastiche coupled with the blatantly obvious irony of his own elitism. But the sexism here is what stands out for ... -
"same stomach fat"
What a great point about the fact that Dunham literally embodies Hannah (or vice versa). So in that moment of the jiggled stomach fat, it's not just reality, it's also vulnerability. And I think that ties into a lot of the things being written a ... -
great point!
I think that's a really awesome point. That contradiction that exists in private liberal arts schools is a reflection of hipster culture in general. Ostensibly resistant, while simultaneously upholding the status quo (partly through its ability to co ... -
Frustratingly colorblind
Yes, I think it was a direct response to the critics which I think, as I note in my essay, goes against what is probably more "real" for these characters. And even in the chance that they were in the same circle as people of color, you're r ... -
Exactly! Will she never learn?
Good points, Patricia. I absolutely thought about that during her Golden Globes speech when she talked about being given a space, and lumped herself in with everyone else who "felt like they didn't have a space." Has she learned nothing fro ... -
social media and nascar
Very interesting! I think the Occupy movement is going to be an extremely important example for scholars interested in social movements and social media, as it's proven to merge to the two successfully, as you demonstrate. On a somewhat unrelated not ...