Evan L. Kropp

Assistant Professor of CommunicationReinhardt University

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Mission Accomplished: Fan Reactions to a Realized Ship

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Evan L. Kropp Reinhardt University

June 23, 2015
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Mission Accomplished: Fan Reactions to a Realized Ship shipping FOX fandom fan Bones Curator's Note During the sixth season finale of the FOX show Bones, viewers were surprised when leading character, Temperance Brennan, turned to her leading man, Se ...
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Blurred Boundaries: Approaches to Defining Documentaries and Reality Television

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Evan L. Kropp Reinhardt University

April 04, 2013
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Blurred Boundaries: Approaches to Defining Documentaries and Reality Television Documentary vs. Reality TV definition An American Family Curator's Note In 1973, the world was introduced to the Loud Family on PBS’s An American Family. As viewers becam ...

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Re: Mission Accomplished: Fan Reactions to a Realized Ship

Is there ever a perfect moment to fulfill a ship?

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Evan L. Kropp Reinhardt University

Wednesday, June 24, 2015 — 1:33 pm
Pam, Thanks for your comment. I think it would also be interesting to further investigate how producers choose the moment to fulfill a ship and how much control of that decision they really have. One factor I did not mention in my post was that Emily Desc ...
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Re: Voice of a Generation?: The Potential of Authenticity in HBO’s Girls

Opening scene response

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Evan L. Kropp Reinhardt University

Wednesday, January 16, 2013 — 3:00 pm
I think the opening scene was the exact opposite of an "FU" to her diversity critics. If Dunham had introduced Glover for one introductory sex scene and then we never saw him again, that would have been a great FU. But, the fact that his charact ...