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Institutions That Fail, Narratives That Succeed:<br /> Television’s Community Realism Versus Cinema’s Neo-Liberal Hope

Institutions That Fail, Narratives That Succeed:
Television’s Community Realism Versus Cinema’s Neo-Liberal Hope(11)

October 27, 2007


Why The Wire and Friday Night Lights are so fundamentally different from Freedom Writers and We Are Marshall–and why that matters.

In Search of Bigfoot:<br /> The Use and Obsolescence of Bionics

In Search of Bigfoot:
The Use and Obsolescence of Bionics


NBC’s resurrection of (The) Bionic Woman has prompted me to think through the contemporary relevance of bionics, and map its reintroduction against the popular imaginary of the mid-1970s.

The Cult of <em>Æon Flux</em>

The Cult of Æon Flux


What happened to the transgressive pleasures of Aeon Flux when it moved from small screen to large?

<p></p><p><em>Durham County</em>: “HBO can eat its heart out”

Durham County: “HBO can eat its heart out”

by: Michele Byers / Saint Mary’s University
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Durham County (2007) is a hybrid creature–exportable Canadian drama stripped of all national and cultural
markers and defying generic conventions. The six-episode series about a cop and a serial killer competes with the US specialty cable market and is grabbing both audience approval and critical acclaim.


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