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Archive for March, 2009

<strong> “Weekend Update” and the tradition of new journalism </strong><br />

“Weekend Update” and the tradition of new journalism

The decedents of “Weekend Update” proliferate.

<strong>Give Me That Old Time Virality</strong><br /><em>David Gurney / Northwestern University</em>

Give Me That Old Time Virality
David Gurney / Northwestern University

<strong>Who’s Going to Play Michelle Obama?: <em>Saturday Night Live</em> and Its Lack of Women of Color</strong><br /><em>Phillip Lamarr Cunningham / Bowling Green State University</em>

Who’s Going to Play Michelle Obama?: Saturday Night Live and Its Lack of Women of Color
Phillip Lamarr Cunningham / Bowling Green State University

A simple dilemma highlights the shows astounding lack of diversity, especially regarding female cast members.

<strong>Pitchforking Andy Samberg’s Hipster Appeal </strong><br /><em> Alyx Vesey / Independent Scholar</em>

Pitchforking Andy Samberg’s Hipster Appeal 
 Alyx Vesey / Independent Scholar

A look at Andy Samberg’s role as Saturday Night Live’s resident hipster and geek.

<strong>Gilda Rader and ‘Jewess Jeans’: Breaking the Jewish Ethnicity Taboo on Network Television</strong><br /><em>Bernard M. Timberg / East Carolina University</em>

Gilda Rader and ‘Jewess Jeans’: Breaking the Jewish Ethnicity Taboo on Network Television
Bernard M. Timberg / East Carolina University

<strong>Michael O’Donoghue, <em>SNL</em>, and the Comedy of Cruelty </strong><br /><em> Evan Elkins / University of Texas-Austin </em>

Michael O’Donoghue, SNL, and the Comedy of Cruelty
Evan Elkins / University of Texas-Austin

A look at early Saturday Night Live and the comedy of Michael O’Donoghue.

<strong>‘Using One of its Lifelines’: Does Politics Save <em>Saturday Night Live</em> from Oblivion?</strong>

‘Using One of its Lifelines’: Does Politics Save Saturday Night Live from Oblivion?

The role of political satire in “rescuing” Saturday Night Live from obscurity and cultural irrelevance.

Jonathan Gray / Fordham University, Jeffrey P. Jones / Old Dominion University, and Ethan Thompson / Texas A&M Corpus Christi

<strong>Around the Antenna Tree: The Politics of Infrastructural Visibility</strong><br /><em>Lisa Parks / UC Santa Barbara</em>

Around the Antenna Tree: The Politics of Infrastructural Visibility
Lisa Parks / UC Santa Barbara

An examination of what is at stake when technological infrastructures are hidden.

<strong>Spinning off, crossing over</strong><br /><em>Jane Feuer / University of Pittsburgh</em>

Spinning off, crossing over
Jane Feuer / University of Pittsburgh

<strong>Orientalized Masculinities in Contemporary Australian Cinema</strong><br /><em> Jane Park / The University of Sydney </em>

Orientalized Masculinities in Contemporary Australian Cinema
Jane Park / The University of Sydney

An investigation of Asian masculinities in Little Fish and Japanese Story.

<strong>Strategies of Innovation in ‘High-End’ TV Drama: The Contribution of Cable </strong><br /><em> Trisha Dunleavy / Victoria University of Wellington </em>

Strategies of Innovation in ‘High-End’ TV Drama: The Contribution of Cable 
 Trisha Dunleavy / Victoria University of Wellington 

<strong>Are You Smarter Than a Cuban Customs Official?: Reassessing Cuba’s Commercial Television Influence in Latin America</strong><br /><em> Yeidy M. Rivero / Indiana University – Bloomington </em> 

Are You Smarter Than a Cuban Customs Official?: Reassessing Cuba’s Commercial Television Influence in Latin America
 Yeidy M. Rivero / Indiana University – Bloomington  

Yeidy Rivero introduces and explores the history of Cuban Television, which remains largely inaccessible to television and media scholars.

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