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• In Media Res
  Re: All Men and Women Must Learn: Using Game of Thrones as a Pedagogical Tool

  Narrative Reflection Is Easier Than Self-Reflection

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  Garret Castleberry Mid-America Christian University

  Friday, September 26, 2014 — 8:37 pm

  Sarah, thank you for brining our week of GoT discourse full-circle through combinations of autoethnography and meta-discourse. Sometimes academia can become a cantankerous loop in which the post-millennial student checks out for any number of social, cult ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Creating Game of Thrones’ Cross-Demographic Appeal through Genre-Mixing Iconicity

  Familial Dynamics & Western Pairings

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  Garret Castleberry Mid-America Christian University

  Tuesday, September 23, 2014 — 8:01 pm

  Sarah, thank you for your comments. I agree with you that the Western, while seemingly aged and distilled in excitement as a dynamic film and/or TV genre, casts a deep and wide shadow over many contemporary and nontraditional genres. I certainly see where ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Creating Game of Thrones’ Cross-Demographic Appeal through Genre-Mixing Iconicity

  Subverting Fantasy Through Normativity

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  Garret Castleberry Mid-America Christian University

  Wednesday, September 24, 2014 — 9:42 pm

  Andrea, thank you for the comments and inquiry. Iconicity is definitely part of the broader strategy that TV dramas draw from in the ever-increasing competition for audience space and cultural buzz. While I agree with Sarah's earlier comments that Go ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Creating Game of Thrones’ Cross-Demographic Appeal through Genre-Mixing Iconicity

  "Order" As Mythological-Ideological Wish Fulfillment

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  Garret Castleberry Mid-America Christian University

  Thursday, September 25, 2014 — 3:49 am

  Thomas, I appreciate your feedback and parallel perspectives at play. Order versus chaos is certainly a popular trope in contemporary televisual drama mediascape. We see frequent failed attempts at restoring "order" (or perhaps sanity?) across m ...
• In Media Res
  Re: LEGO’s Transformations and The Creativity vs. Conformity Debate

  WHEN FANDOM ADOPTS REFLEXIVITY

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  Garret Castleberry Mid-America Christian University

  Monday, June 23, 2014 — 7:38 pm

  Hye Jin: Great effort initiating the discourse into this week's LEGO theme. I have been anticipating this week on a number of fronts and cannot wait to read (and construct) the ideas that curators and participants bring to play with. First off, I wan ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Repetition, Nostalgia, and the Obsessive Joy of LEGO Video Games

  THE FUNCTIONS OF GENRE REPLAY IN LEGO VG'S

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  Garret Castleberry Mid-America Christian University

  Thursday, June 26, 2014 — 2:53 pm

  Drew, you highlight several rich autoethnographic insights into what enables LEGO's TT video game union continue to proliferate. Clearly, LEGO met a number of FAN-tasies when they successfully launched tie-in brand merchandizing with the mother of al ...
• In Media Res
  Re: LEGO Fandom, Cyber Feudalism, and Convergence Culture in Classic-Castle.com

  THE GAUNTLET OF CONTENT NEGOTIATION B/W FANS AND CORPORATIONS

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  Garret Castleberry Mid-America Christian University

  Thursday, June 26, 2014 — 9:51 pm

  Alan, you hit the nail on the head with your summarization of my critical inspection, and you steer this conversation into a vital direction bringing up suggestions [and limitations] of creative control. I note how C-C police their forum space quite consi ...
• In Media Res
  Re: LEGO Fandom, Cyber Feudalism, and Convergence Culture in Classic-Castle.com

  SUSTAINABILITY = REPETITION OF NOSTAlGIA & IMITATION/INNOVATION

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  Garret Castleberry Mid-America Christian University

  Thursday, June 26, 2014 — 10:04 pm

  Catherine, it's great to read your feedback and see how our discussion gains momentum (not unlike those policed at Classic-Castle). I would directly relate to Drew Ayers' curation from Wednesday in an effort to communicate what sustains LEGO Cas ...
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  Re: LEGO-Based Paratextual Commodity Flow in Children’s Television

  REAGANOMICS FOR A NEW (TOON)ERATION

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  Garret Castleberry Mid-America Christian University

  Friday, June 27, 2014 — 3:09 pm

  Matthew and Catherine, thank you so much for your biting critique that enables this week-long discussion series to conclude (but not end) on such a high note. The Children's Television Act of 1990 represents an important reaction to the uncomfortable ...
• In Media Res
  Re: LEGO Fandom, Cyber Feudalism, and Convergence Culture in Classic-Castle.com

  GATEKEEPING IN BOTH FEUDAL-HISTORICAL AND COMMUNICATIVE SENSES

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  Garret Castleberry Mid-America Christian University

  Tuesday, June 24, 2014 — 5:02 pm

  Drew, thank you for your inquisitive extensions that really open up key ideas that drew me to the sub-category topic and Classic-Castle website. I would not contend that the heavy users of Classic-Castle's forum work to differentiate themselves from ...

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