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  Re: Ensuring Olympic ‘Sex Appeal’ Through Uniforms

  The mystery of the shrinking uniform...

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  Maria San Filippo Emerson College

  Saturday, August 4, 2012 — 1:57 pm

  Thank you for this terrific piece of media activism, Charlene. I was surprised, pleasantly so, when I first tuned in to 2012 Olympics beach volleyball coverage and saw the US women competitors wearing what looked like cycling pants, streamlined and tr ès ...
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  Re: Hung Out to Dry: HBO’s Cancellation Habit

  R.I.P. Hung

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  Maria San Filippo Emerson College

  Tuesday, May 15, 2012 — 2:02 pm

  Thank you, Maya, for leading off the week with such an insightful if bittersweet ode to this dearly departed show. For all the many reasons it’s regrettable that Hung is no longer airing, the one that stands out most for me is its bravery in depicting mar ...
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  Re: Lip Service: The Greatest Glaswegian Sapphic Soap Opera Ever Made

  The grass is greener (and no Jenny Schechter) across the pond

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  Maria San Filippo Emerson College

  Thursday, May 17, 2012 — 2:23 pm

  Between the BBC and Channel 4, U.K. television keeps proving itself at worst neuterable (in the case of The Office) and at best inimitable (in the case of Skins). Alongside Lip Service, my contenders for most winning British series of late are Gavin & ...
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  Re: Felicia Day and The Guild: The Web Series That Saved Itself

  Does Length Matter?

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  Maria San Filippo Emerson College

  Friday, May 18, 2012 — 4:34 pm

  Fascinating post, Stephanie. Felicia Day’s success with building her own distribution model reminds me of the comparable success that Louis C.K. (and now other comics, including Aziz Ansari) has had with foregoing the official channels and selling his sta ...
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  Re: Breaking In a Formula for a Successful Network Sitcom

  Must See (Online?) TV

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  Maria San Filippo Emerson College

  Wednesday, May 16, 2012 — 5:10 am

  T hanks, Jen, for the illuminating segue from our previous posts on cable series to the “old/new” world of post-television network television (so great to see Megan Mullaley back in prime time!). As evidenced by NBC recently choosing to resuscitate Commun ...
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  Re: 'Enlightened' or Not?: How HBO Learned to Trust Its Viewers But Not Its Shows

  Dead, But Never Boring

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  Maria San Filippo Emerson College

  Wednesday, May 16, 2012 — 12:05 am

  Thanks for your comment, Lauren. HBO definitely seems less concerned with alienating viewers than with boring them, if the abrupt beheading of the lead character of a certain hit series' season 1 finale was any indication... ...
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  Re: NBC Comedy, 2011 Style

  Also curbing my enthusiasm...

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  Maria San Filippo Emerson College

  Friday, September 23, 2011 — 6:49 pm

  Yet another reason I've been feeling stuck in 70s sitcom hell throughout this week's fall premieres: the Return of the Laugh Track. Can anyone with an ear to the ground of network TV production practices share insight about why could-be hip show ...
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  Re: Intimate Relationships: Exploring the Real and Reel Dynamics of Americana

  They need Paul like they need...

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  Maria San Filippo Emerson College

  Friday, August 12, 2011 — 2:59 am

  Recently rewatching  The Kids Are All Right, I was struck anew by a few things that may bear usefully on this conversation. First, the film’s treatment of Tanya should not be equated with Paul’s insistence on making her “stand for the outsides of normativ ...

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