I'm trying to think through the parallel here of Mac = Christ-follower, and PC = Christian, and this sheds further light on why many Christians might feel threatened by it. As you note, the script of victimization is so prevalent, yet within the Mac/ ...
In some senses, this is a wonderful clip to act as hinge between the video games week and the satire/parody week, since it provokes questions of why some things can be funny when rationally we know them to be so inappropriate (which leads into South Park ...
Having read Henry Jenkins' description of how "brain trusts" set out to spoil Survivor by tracking down where it's being filmed, who won each week, etc., if it weren't for Kid Nation 's crappy ratings making this blissfully u ...
I certainly see the danger of the meaning backfiring, but if satire, parody, and pranking worried too much about this, we'd have no satire, parody, or pranking. It's impossible to be in "complete control" of any message, let alone a co ...
Even Buffy's regular intro sequence is a tour de force of editing-- I challenge anyone to count the number of shots in it with the naked eye. In 30 seconds or whatever, it introduces us to multiple characters, inter-relationships, themes, motivations ...
As someone who watches CSI: Miami (though not religiously-- if it's on, I'll bite) and enjoys it, I'd say that Caruso's lines are part of the joy. I love the show's visual style, precisely because it's surface without depth ( ...
The gendering of cable here is amazing-- it becomes the good little girl who grew up into a "fleet-footed," attractive blond jogger, and then becomes the warm, caring, protective mother figure. Meanwhile, the often-absent from the screen (Grampa ...
I love how the clip shows the AMPTP's "interesting" play with figures. I'm wondering, though, as the trenches get dug even deeper between WGA and AMPTP, where are the advertisers in all this? I'd love to hear from them, especially ...
Agreed, Shanti-- when I first heard about the incident and quickly headed to the Brit press to read about it, I was hit by a wave of commentary (editorial and multiple online reponses) on The Guardian by middle class Britons reading Goody's racism as ...
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Quick addition Aswin, but
I'm trying to think through
In some senses, this is a
Having read Henry Jenkins'
I certainly see the danger
Even Buffy's regular intro
As someone who watches CSI:
The gendering of cable here
I love how the clip shows
Agreed, Shanti -- when I
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