Understanding "War of the Worlds"’s neglected second act requires consideration of the contested status of character monologue and larger shifts in dominant production norms for Golden Age radio drama.
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Archive for October, 2013
From Mercury to Mars: A Hard Act to Follow: War of the Worlds and the Challenges of Literary Adaptation
What Are You Missing? Sept 30 – Oct 13
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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NYFF51: Darkness Falls on the City [Part 1]
The first installment of a series on the NYFF considers films that radically push cinematic limits: James Franco's Child of God and Catherine Breillat's Abuse of Weakness.
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Change and Continuity on Saturday Night Live
Despite a rough start to the season, Saturday Night Live continues to be a fascinating case study for understanding American television.
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Fall Premieres 2013: The CW
Antenna contributors review the new fall series from everyone's favorite pretend broadcast network.
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More Fall Premieres
As successive posts pushed our Fall pilot reviews down to the hinterland of Page 2, we remind you that they're there with handy links.
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Stand By Your Woman: Batwoman’s Marriage in DC’s New 52
The departure of J. H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman, the creative team behind Batwoman’s romance with Maggie Sawyer, results in scandal for DC and its fan community.
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Everybody’s Doing Molly? Dance Music Cultures and Drugs
What happens when the forces of unchecked capitalism associated with the mainstreaming of dance music cultures prevent those cultures from protecting or regulating their own?
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From Mercury to Mars: “Welles,” Belles, and Fred Allen’s Sonic Pranks
The Antenna-Sounding Out! series From Mercury to Mars: Orson Welles on Radio after 75 Years continues with a new post from Kathleen Battles about Fred Allen's parodies of Welles.
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