The female voices on The Great Gatsby's soundtrack channel the hard-won feminist power of past generations.
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The Power of Women’s Voices in The Great Gatsby
“A Mission to Civilize”: In Defense of The Newsroom’s Fans
A bevy of alarmingly disdainful reviewers has flocked to The Newsroom. Unfortunately, it’s the fans they’re sneering at.
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A Reflection on Rodney King and the Poignancy of Satire
Upon Rodney King's passing, we can remember In Living Color's commentary on police brutality, King's trial, the L. A. Uprising, and how satire makes cultural ugliness palatable.
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Grimm and the Monstrous Feminine
Dead women are standard set dressing on most crime dramas, but the more I watched the more I realized the women in Grimm aren’t usually homicide victims – they’re monsters.
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“I Transcend Race, Hombre”: Hegemonic Masculine Whiteness in Eastbound and Down
Eastbound and Down’s primary character Kenny Powers is the ultimate in camp masculinity. Kenny’s character reeks of white masculine power, and as cultural critics, we need to ask how this type of supremacist rhetoric functions in America’s “postracial” political climate.
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