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Black Swan, Cinematic Excess and the Full Body Experience
Amanda Klein / East Carolina University

February 11, 2011 Amanda Klein / East Carolina University 11 comments

In this piece, Amanda Klein explores how Black Swan employs the conventions of art cinema in order to engage the mind, and uses the conventions of horror, melodrama, and pornography to engage the body.

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Drunk History and Displaced Vocality
Lisa Coulthard / University of British Columbia

February 11, 2011 Lisa Coulthard / University of British Columbia 7 comments

An examination of displaced voices in Drunk History

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The Problem of YouTube
Aymar Jean Christian / University of Pennsylvania

February 11, 2011 Aymar Jean Christian / Northwestern University 18 comments

Aymar Jean Christian dissects what’s wrong with everyone’s favorite video channel.

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It’s Okay to Watch a Show Called Cougar Town
Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine

February 11, 2011 Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine 4 comments

Lucas Hilderbrand celebrates the pleasures of the ABC sitcom Cougar Town and assures us, “It’s okay to watch.”

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You Haven’t Seen Avatar Yet
Charles R. Acland / Concordia University

February 11, 2011 Charles R. Acland / Concordia University 3 comments

The DVD set for the film Avatar invites viewers to “extend the journey,” exemplary of the elasticity of the film’s boundaries.

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Problems, Potential, and Place in Portlandia
Esteban Del Rio / University of San Diego

February 11, 2011 Esteban del Río / University of San Diego 2 comments

Can the enviro-slacker audience of IFC’s Portlandia laugh at themselves?

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“Who Lives?”: Notes on a Cinematic Moment
Murray Pomerance / Ryerson University

February 11, 2011 Murray Pomerance / Ryerson University 3 comments

In the true, unfolding experience of watching cinema, in our actual presence with the image, our sense of being struck depends on our relation to telltale moments.

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Stefania Marghitu explores the intersections between gender, genre, and authorship via Rose Matafeo's Starstruck. @DearStefania

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Isabel Molina-Guzmán discusses how Bridgerton's escapist narrative produces a nostalgia that simultaneously erases histories of racial conflict, generates pleasure in non-white audiences, and maintains white subjectivity. @LaProfaMolina

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