Gamechangers: transforming genre conventions into storytelling possibilities
Turning tropes into plot points in “House,” “Cabin in the Woods,” and “Rogue Legacy”
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Posts by Richard Rosenbaum on Overthinking It
By the Victors: Meta-Propaganda in Captain America and Inglourious Basterds
How two very different World War II-themed movies tackle the use of film as wartime propaganda
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The Mind is the Medium: Mental Illness in Pop Culture, Part 2
This time, we look the portrayal of Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang Theory and Abed Nadir from Community.
The Mind is the Medium: Mental Illness in Pop Culture, Part 1
What we talk about when we talk about fictional characters with mental illness.
The Nuclear Option: Batman, Iron Man, and Attitudes Toward Power
You can’t have a superhero movie without a city-destroying weapon.
What time is it? Gender Time!
An exhaustive analysis of the gender-swapping episode of the Cartoon Network show “Adventure Time.”
The Bel-Airiad
O Reader, by your leave I tell the tale / Wherein all my existence was transformed…
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When Is Videogame Music Not Videogame Music?
On the surprising connections between chiptune and modern art.
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Because It’s There: Prometheus, Scott Pilgrim and Authenticity
A fictional product from a fictional story becomes a real product. What does this mean for the story?
In Defense of Evil Killer Robots From the Future
On “evil” robots and the problem of philosophical zombies.
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