A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
The Crying Game: Why Television Brings Us to Tears
by: David Lavery / Brunel University
On media and the observation that we still have no valid, philosophically sophisticated theory of why we laugh and cry.
24: Jumping the Shark Every Minute
by: David Lavery / Middle Tennesse State University
24, a show that experiments radically with the nature and form of televisuality, has taken “shark-jumping” to a new level.
(TV)antipathy: A Prolegomena to the Metaphysics of Television Hating, Part Two
by: David Lavery / Middle Tennesse State University
Part Two of Two–An evolving commentary on the critical tendency to love-to-hate TV.
(TV)antipathy: A Prolegomena to the Metaphysics of Television Hating, Part One
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.
The Allusions of Television
by: David Lavery / Middle Tennessee State University
TV’s taking a bad rap within the halls of the academy. Here are a few reasons why it’s not just a “vast wasteland” for the literarily challenged.
Irony Irony: The Mission (Accomplished) of The Daily Show
by: David Lavery / Middle Tennessee State University
Sham or not, The Daily Show remains deeply committed to its mission: “truthiness.”
Get Lost in a Good Story: Serial Creativity on a Desert Island
by: David Lavery / Middle Tennessee State University
Can Lost sustain its suspense while retaining the good faith of and credibility with a deeply inquisitive viewership, determined to puzzle out its mysteries?
