Robert Sevenich

MA Candidate, Critical Studies University of Southern California

sevenich@usc.edu

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Hitting the Nerve: Family Guy Confronts Domestic Violence

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Robert Sevenich University of Southern California

April 09, 2015
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Hitting the Nerve: Family Guy Confronts Domestic Violence TV parody Family Guy Domestic Abuse in Movies and Television Curator's Note Family-oriented sitcoms of the 1980s and 90s periodically departed from their consistently jovial tones in order to ...

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Re: Mommie Dearest Remixed: Child Abuse as Camp

Roberto, thank you for your

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Robert Sevenich University of Southern California

Thursday, April 9, 2015 — 10:12 pm
Roberto, thank you for your thought-provoking case study! It’s hard to imagine how child abuse could ever be construed as comical. Clearly the fans' appropriation of the film derails it from Christina or the filmmakers’ initial agenda. Taken out of c ...