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Stuart Hall's (1980) “Encoding and Decoding” model: contemporary cultural studies approaches to film genre emphasize the semiotic and discursive relationship between texts, those who produce and consume them, and the larger spheres of culture and ideology. Cultural texts such as horror films tell us facts about the cultures in which they reside:
... See moreHarry M. Benshoff • A Companion to the Horror Film
portraying the Hollywood approach to sex, poured into the homes of puritanical
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
The age of prestige TV has buried that influence deep. The blanket denial of the televisuality of these television shows has turned this ancestor into a shameful secret. So much so that, often, when a prestige TV series is perceived as too much, too excessive, (too female), (too queer), it’s criticized for being too soapy.
Anne Helen Petersen • "Taste Hierarchies Like These Stink"
“The Journalist and the Murderer,” by Janet Malcolm
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If the goal of streamers once seemed to be prioritizing and supporting great series from a diverse group of interesting creators, that goal seems to have shifted from making better shows to just ... making more of them. As viewers, we’re being flattened by a fire hose of programming — and the experience of watching TV feels like a ritual of... See more
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