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Author: Janani Subramanian / University of Southern California

An Eye for an Eye: Remakes and Repression
Janani Subramanian/University of Southern California

April 22, 2011 Janani Subramanian / University of Southern California 5 comments

Janani Subramanian examines stylistic distinctions in film remakes, noting the cultural, narrative and stylistic contrasts between contexts of production.

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R.I.P., F.N.L.
Janani Subramanian / University of Southern California

February 25, 2011 Janani Subramanian / University of Southern California 7 comments

The final season of Friday Night Lights has concluded on DirecTV but will be resurrected in April, 2011, on NBC. This column is equal parts clear eyes and full heart in delivering the show’s eulogy.

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Fairly Normal Activity: Horror and the Static Camera
Janani Subramanian/ University of Southern California

December 3, 2010 Janani Subramanian / University of Southern California One comment

When “nothing is happening” in Paranormal Activity 1 and 2, the empty room scenes as captured by static cameras in the Paranormal Activity franchise become suspenseful moments of audience reflexivity.

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Life: Oprah Gone Wild
Janani Subramanian / University of Southern California

August 27, 2010 Janani Subramanian / University of Southern California Leave a comment

Oprah’s flair for creating consumable emotions is situated as a domesticating force underscoring the anthropomorphic narrative in the Discovery Channel series, “Life.”

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In the Shadow of a Metaphor: The Vampire Diaries and Southern History
Janani Subramanian / University of Southern California

July 16, 2010 Janani Subramanian / University of Southern California 6 comments

A compelling exploration of revisionist storytelling methods at work in The Vampire Diaries.

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A Bitter Pill: Nurse Jackie and a Discourse of Discontent
Janani Subramanian / University of Southern California

June 3, 2010 Janani Subramanian / University of Southern California 3 comments

An exploration of Showtime’s Nurse Jackie as another entrant into the growing group of older female protagonists across both network and cable programming.

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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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