Greg Oguss
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Whoa, Dad admitting to a
Whoa, Dad admitting to a schoolboy crush? That suggests what i have often argued, which is that masculinity was somewhat more "fluid" in the 70s than the 80s and 90s (tho the emo era is complex in a different way). Androgynous rockers like Bowie ... -
"70s television"...what
"70s television"...what constitutes 1970s television and/or what constitutes the 1970s are probably the 2 most important questions for cultural historians who interrogate the artifacts of this era. Todd Boyd argues (in 2007s The Super Fly 70s) t ... -
I like Avi's comment about
I like Avi's comment about the kind of masculinty that self-recrimination and policing (a la Foucault's notion of governmentalization) produces. Scorsese has always been drawn to characters like this, partially motivated by his interest in Catho ... -
Allison, thanx for calling
Allison, thanx for calling my attention to this as I'm writing a dissertation on paranoia films of the 70s (w/ an emphasis on their troubling of straight white masculinity). So the 70s "Anti-westerns" (some paranoid, some merely critical of ... -
I grew up on this show
I grew up on this show (probly starting w/ luke and laura in the early 80s) via 'clandestine exposure' b/c my sis wld tape it and/or play hooky from school to watch it. The characters of Luke and Laura (and bobbie and scotty baldwin) are the one ... -
This is amusing. So thanks
This is amusing. So thanks for that, Jeff. I'm tempted to say, hell yeah, what's the harm in such obviously "government-rented" space on local news. If the acting is bad enough it opens a space for audience critique. I've read stu ...