Playback is proud to present our first podcast! Welcome to Signals, a podcast produced by the graduate students in Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin,…
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…
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…
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…
This video essay is adapted from a published article dealing with the unique modes of online commenting practices in China. Notably the use of danmu or bullet screens as…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…