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Category: 23.06

A So-Called “Agent of Chaos”: James Eagan Holmes, Theater Violence, and the Myth of White Exceptionalism
Caetlin Benson-Allott / Georgetown University

April 24, 2017 Caetlin Benson-Allott / Georgetown University 2 comments

In this column, Caetlin Benson-Allott argues that the reaction to James Eagan Holmes’ 2012 shooting in an Aurora, Colorado theater was driven by white privilege and an ahistorical view on theater shootings in general.

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Primetime Pedagogies: Racism, Primetime TV, and the Limits of Dissent
Phoebe Bronstein, University of California, San Diego

April 24, 2017 Phoebe Bronstein / University of California, San Diego Leave a comment

Phoebe Bronstein discusses television’s pedagogical potential for discussing race, from Harry Belefonte’s canceled Revlon specials to the current ABC sitcom black-ish.

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From Colormuteness to Interracial Dialogue (A Love Letter to My MF Students)
Susan Courtney / University of South Carolina

April 24, 2017 Susan Courtney / University of South Carolina 2 comments

Susan Courtney reflects on teaching race and media studies to undergraduates, inspired in part by her fall 2015 course, “Mediating Ferguson, USA: 1915-2015.”

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Of Nasty, Unlikeable Women: Veep and the Comedic Female Anti-Hero
Shweta Khilnani / Maitreyi College, University of Delhi

April 24, 2017 Shweta Khilnani / Maitreyi College, University of Delhi 3 comments

Shweta Khilnani examines female comedic anti-heroes through Selena Meyer’s (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) “performance of failure” in Veep, comparing her with Leslie Knope, the optimistic and sincere heroine of Parks and Recreation, and televisual male anti-heroes.

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Sonic Cute: An Overview
Anthony P. McIntyre / University College Dublin

April 24, 2017 Anthony P. McIntyre / University College Dublin One comment

Anthony P. McIntyre lays the groundwork for future investigations into the cultural phenomenon that is “sonic cute.”

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Some Locations Matter: HGTV’s Uneven Relationship With Spatial Capital
Myles McNutt / Old Dominion University

April 24, 2017 Myles McNutt / Old Dominion University 3 comments

Myles McNutt explores HGTV’s relationship with “spatial capital” and observes how the network negotiates this spatial capital in programming that erases location and programming that explicitly frames location.

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Hallelujah Apocalypse: From Gorillaz to Post-Humanz
Theodore Yurevitch / Florida State University

April 24, 2017 Theodore Yurevitch / Florida State University One comment

Theodore Yurevitch examines the band Gorillaz and their 2017 music video for “Hallelujah Money,” focusing on the implications of hyper-mediation and how life might still go on in an increasingly post-human world.

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