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Tag archive for ‘Buffy’

<p></p><p>The Crying Game: Why Television Brings Us to Tears

The Crying Game: Why Television Brings Us to Tears

by: David Lavery / Brunel University
On media and the observation that we still have no valid, philosophically sophisticated theory of why we laugh and cry.

<p></p><p>Stripping (Part 2)

Stripping (Part 2)

by: Daniel Marcus / Goucher College
How does stripping popular series for syndication affect the how viewers receive actors, subplots, and secondary characters? In the final installment of his two-part series on stripping, Marcus explores the impact of syndication practices and raises some interesting questions about how cable channels and DVD technology alter how we watch TV.

<p></p><p>The Allusions of Television

The Allusions of Television

by: David Lavery / Middle Tennessee State University
TV’s taking a bad rap within the halls of the academy. Here are a few reasons why it’s not just a “vast wasteland” for the literarily challenged.