Kyle Barnett
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The VGAs and not trusting the game
John, thanks for bringing the Video Game Awards into this conversation. I'm most interested in the VGAs as proof positive of the video game's inferiority complex in relation to the film and television industries. Earlier on, the lack of narrativ ... -
Re: Guilt by Association: The Grammys, The Recording Industry, and Representing Popular Music Culture
Thanks for the insightful comments...
Karen, we agree that there is a tension between the Grammys rewarding the hit-makers and recognizing lesser-known acts. There must be pressure on Grammy voters to recognize the moneymakers in what is the recording industry’s most difficult era since the G ... -
Re: Guilt by Association: The Grammys, The Recording Industry, and Representing Popular Music Culture
I see parallels
John, after reading your piece from today, I really see strong parallels with my own attitudes and yours about the cultural hierarchies of various awards shows. Here I was feeling all bad for the recording industry and its lowly Grammys for always playing ... -
The Emmys' On/Off Switch
Myles, Karen: Your conversation re: the Emmys has made me realize how little I've paid attention to the show in recent years. I guess I've assumed that the exponential growth of television content would have led to a wholesale reassessment over ... -
The other TV tastemakers
Karen, Thanks for your post and for gathering us to talk over media awards shows this week. Your post is fascinating on a number of fronts. The Patty Duke clip is unsettling, a glimpse of someone unwilling or perhaps bewildered by what she's within. ... -
The Oscars, Gender & Celebrity
Annie, your post has me imagining an Ien Ang-style study of Oscars viewers. Perhaps some ethnographic research exists? What I love about your post and Karen's comment is that they focus on Portman and other female celebrities. To what extent is the k ... -
(Falling) Men in the Cities
Thanks, Gary, for an interesting post. I want to follow Frank Tomasulo's further reference suggestions by a reference path of my own. When I first saw Mad Men's title sequence, I immediately thought of the artist Robert Longo, whose "Men ... -
I’d also like to thank Avi
I’d also like to thank Avi for assembling us for this special week on corporate authorship. Avi, I was particularly interested in your source materials from the Blackwell-Sample-Hummert agency. This week’s posts have me thinking about our access to histor ... -
Michael, you’re reminded
Michael, you’re reminded me of airports as charged locales in media texts and in modernity, writ large. These tarmac photos are so evocative. Chris and Avi have already addressed most of my initial thoughts, but I’ll express my continued amazement at the ... -
Kyle, your post reminds me
Kyle, your post reminds me that despite early film studies’ intense interest in adaptation, that research too rarely mentioned the film studios that brought those adaptations to screen. And the idea that a given studio’s authorial imprint would repurpose ...