4.03 – Flow

Where the Boys Are: Postfeminism and the New Single Man

April 14, 2006 Diane Negra / University College Dublin 7 comments

By: Diane Negra / Brown University
In films such as Wedding Crashers and Failure to Launch, the emergent “problem” single man offers an opportunity to think about the nature and function of postfeminist masculinities in current popular culture.

Introducing Television

April 14, 2006 Jonathan Gray / University of Wisconsin - Madison 6 comments

By: Jonathan Gray / Fordham University
The key to any television program’s themes, characters and stylistic characteristics are often mapped out within the first few moments of every episode, in the introductory sequence.

À la carte Culture

April 14, 2006 John McMurria / DePaul University 3 comments

By: John McMurria / DePaul University
What are the cultural repercussions of an à la carte cable? And does anyone in the FCC care?

(TV)antipathy: A Prolegomena to the Metaphysics of Television Hating, Part One

April 14, 2006 David Lavery / Brunel University 5 comments

By: David Lavery / Middle Tennessee State University
Part One of Two–An evolving commentary on the mind-numbing role of TV in individual and social life.

Food for Thought

April 14, 2006 Dana Polan / New York University One comment

By: Dana Polan / New York University
The sushi’s on us: How The Sopranos is “assailing the very demographic that makes up its preferred fan base,” via our stomachs.