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Ignoring Edna’s Wishes: Looking Back at Pixar’s Technological History in The Incredibles 2

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I typically stick to the advice of Edna Mode, the iconic super suit designer voiced by Brad Bird in his 2004 Pixar film The Incredibles.…

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Telling The Tale: Outreach Campaigns and “Issue-Based-Fiction”

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Veteran documentary filmmaker Jennifer Fox’s first narrative feature, The Tale, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2018. A fictionalized version of Fox’s own…

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Celeste and the Rhetoric of Failure

June 1, 2018 0

You leap across a ravine, your hair shines a preternatural blue as you boost your way above spikes and certain death, and you cling to…

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I Love Scotty: HQ Trivia and Apps as Television

April 28, 2018 0

In August of 2017, Vine co-founders Rus Yusupov and Colin Kroll debuted HQ Trivia, an interactive trivia app where users can attempt to answer questions…

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Your Authentic Virtual Idol: Vocaloids and the Database Production Model

April 19, 2018 0

If you have had the chance to frequent the Internet within the last decade or so, chances are, that in some form, you have witnessed…

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Curtain Calls and Cameras: National Theatre Live Bringing the Stage to a Screen Near You

April 4, 2018 0

In a 2013 article for the journal Studies in Popular Culture, Lynnette Porter describes the filmed performances of Danny Boyle’s 2011 stage production of Frankenstein…

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A Mascot Everyone Can Click On!: Indigenous Digital Activism Against Racist Mascots

March 27, 2018 0

Native American activists fighting against racist mascots often have their work cut out for them. They struggle to keep the issue in the public consciousness…

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Binging Blockbusters: The Role of Streaming Services in the Future of Franchised Properties

March 20, 2018 0

The commercial breaks during Super Bowl LII saw the premiere of trailers for the latest installments from the Jurassic Park and Mission Impossible franchises, as…

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Simon Says: The Marketing of a Mass-Released LGBTQ Film

March 16, 2018 0

While there have been many films with LGBTQ characters/narratives/themes released to critical acclaim and relative box office success over the last couple of decades, almost…

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The Boob Tube: Visions of Female Nudity on and Beyond “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”

March 13, 2018 0

  I started The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel pilot with a certain set of expectations. A new Amazon original helmed by Gilmore Girls’ Amy Sherman-Palladino! Give…

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