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Category: 12.08

Tricking the Taste Buds: Messages of Deception and Inconvenience in “Healthy” Food
Daren C. Brabham / UNC Chapel Hill

September 10, 2010 Daren C. Brabham / University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 comments

Daren Brabham considers parental and societal bad habits of lying to children to make them eat vegetables.

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AIDS, History, and Generation in Brothers & Sisters,
Melanie Kohnen / Georgia Institute of Technology

September 10, 2010 Melanie E.S. Kohnen / Georgia Institute of Technology Leave a comment

Investigating the representation of gay culture, past and present, on ABC’s Brothers & Sisters.

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“The future, Mr. Gittes. The future”: Next Wave Filmmaking, Part 2*
Robert Sickels / Whitman College

September 10, 2010 Robert C. Sickels / Whitman College 4 comments

This essay, part 2 of a 2-part series, stems from a chapter on Next Wave filmmaking that will appear in American Film in the Digital Age.

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Betty’s Back? Remembering the Relevance of the Rerun in the Age of Social Media
Dan Faltesek / University of Iowa

September 10, 2010 Dan Faltesek / University of Iowa Leave a comment

Examining the prevalence of the television rerun in light of Betty White’s resurgent popularity and re-energized career.

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The Raw and the Cooking Channel: Men, Food and the Network Brand
Sarah Murray / FLOW Staff

September 10, 2010 Sarah Murray / FLOW Staff 8 comments

A look at the male role in the branding of the just-launched Cooking Channel.

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“We’re gonna need a montage”: musical cliche and the CSI franchise
Lisa Coulthard / University of British Columbia

September 10, 2010 Lisa Coulthard / University of British Columbia One comment

Musical montage can often suggest heightened action and “hard work” in television dramas. This article considers the musical montage trope as it relates to the action in CSI.

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¡VIVA LA BROWN PERIL! The Political and Temporal Landscape of Machete
Esteban del Rio / University of San Diego

September 10, 2010 Esteban del Río / University of San Diego 4 comments

A paratextual analysis of Robert Rodriguez’s recent “mexploitation” film, Machete

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Benjamin M. Han argues that while one might be inclined to identify specific elements of the film that appeal to the global audience, Kpop Demon Hunters prompts us to examine questions of national identity in terms of its Koreanness.

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In "K-pop Beyond the Trend" Dr. Crystal Anderson explores how K-pop music maintains relevance beyond the cultural moment, unlike the fast trending nature of other popular Korean music genres.

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In "Yet Another KPDH Thought Piece: Socially Conscious and Popular?" Dr. David Oh investigates how Kpop Demon Hunters has managed to maintain its popular status despite the film’s counterhegemonic tendencies.

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Kallia O. Wright analyzes Dr. Bailey’s heart attack in Grey’s Anatomy, revealing how racial and gender stereotypes shape Black women’s medical treatment and self-advocacy within biased healthcare systems.

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