Kimberly Springer
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Housewives vs. Queen of Versailles
Very rich post, David! I don't watch The View regularly so I'm curious about the impact of two male guest hosts and the presumed additional gravity brought to the discussion of bankruptcy, finances, and consumption. Though Joy Behar really bring ... -
Too true
Oof, right, I'd totally blocked out The Patriarch Siegel! The film did need a villain and he fit the bill with his obfuscations and hiding in the den. ... -
The Clubhouse as setting
So glad you picked a scene with Cohen in his Clubhouse, Rachel! After reading about Cohen's ascent in television programming, I try to watch his segments with a more critical eye, but as this clip demonstrates, the guests and the actual content of wh ... -
Re: Disco Fever
conference & twitter
This was a very engaging theme week. It's got me rethinking many of the behaviours one sees on the street and out in da club, from posing to ennui to thug posture. Please, please, please have an active backchannel on twitter so that those of us who c ... -
Antecedents
Thanks for the post and the links. I'm trying to mentally sort out the connections between American prep and a revival of dandyism. Prep makes me think of the atrocity that is Abercrombie & Fitch, but some the styles mimiced in the video align mo ... -
"Wilding" across species
Thanks for this piece, Brett, and a great synthesis of the issues involved with the coverage. I wonder how much our anthropomorphization of animals, not just in animation, but in nature shows and reality TV contribute to our "us" versus "th ... -
Why do I hold onto culture industries?
Thanks, Avi, Ted, and Janice for the insights and references. All provide interesting new pathways for investigation, which in the Oprah-verse, seem endless. @Avi: I'd noted the voice, in this clip and another Scrubs clip, but not thought about the w ... -
Re: Too Big to Fail?
Too indispensable to retire?
I, too, appreciated the drawing out of different aspects of the brand's decline and the "too big to fail" narrative, which has many interesting readings. I wonder, though, how we might fit Oprah's seeming industriousness, work ethic, a ...