Elizabeth Alsop

Assistant ProfessorCUNY School of Professional Studies

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"Mission: Impossible-Fallout" and the Myth of White Male Permanence

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Elizabeth Alsop CUNY School of Professional Studies

February 01, 2021
"Mission: Impossible-Fallout" and the Myth of White Male Permanence seriality celebrity gender ideology Curator's Note In this scene near the end of Mission: Impossible-Fallout (2018), protagonist Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) lies in a field hos ...
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The Television Will Not Be Summarized

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Elizabeth Alsop CUNY School of Professional Studies

Reviewed by
Christine Becker University of Notre Dame

Jeremy Butler University of Alabama

January 18, 2020
The Television Will Not Be Summarized Creator's Statement The point of departure for this video essay was the critical discourse accompanying the 2017 release of Twin Peaks: The Return, which underscored the show’s exceptionalism. Notwithstanding the ...
In Media Res

The Grandmother as Godfather: Justified’s Mags Bennett

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Elizabeth Alsop CUNY School of Professional Studies

April 29, 2014
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The Grandmother as Godfather: Justified’s Mags Bennett Mags Bennett Justified gender FX and Women of a Certain Age Curator's Note In the opening episode of Justified ’s second season, Mags Bennett (played by Margo Martindale) poisons employee Walt Mc ...

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[in]Transition

Setting the Scene: The Opening 164 Seconds of The Wire

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University of Bergen

October 05, 2021
Review by
Jason Mittell Middlebury College

Elizabeth Alsop CUNY School of Professional Studies

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In Media Res

Re: FX Brand Feminism and Justified's Older Women

Agreed!

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Elizabeth Alsop CUNY School of Professional Studies

Tuesday, April 29, 2014 — 4:23 am
Great post, Jorie – and great clip! I particularly like the idea that these characters (and by extension, these shows) might function to reclaim feminism as a viable and even “necessary” option. I also love Dorothy’s point that the material presence of th ...