Category: Blogs
THESE ANXIOUS TIMES: WHY WATCHING CHINESE PERIOD DRAMA MIGHT (NOT) BE GOOD FOR YOU (AT THE MOMENT) by Elke Weissmann
Last week, Kim Akass blogged about how the US press response to Adolescence (Netflix, 2025) made visible certain blind spots in a culture seemingly unable to identify that a particular kind of masculinity might be a problem....
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Adolescence (Netflix, 2025) Hits the US by Kim Akass
Everyone is talking about Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne’s latest venture: the 4-part series,...
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IN TRANSLATION: A CONVERSATION WITH FRANCESCO CASETTI ON NEO-TELEVISION, ROGER ODIN’S LEGACY AND CONTEMPORARY MEDIATION by Cathrin Bengesser
Cathrin Bengesser (Aarhus University) in conversation with Francesco Casetti (Yale University)...
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IN CONVERSATION: TELEVISION AND GOVERNANCE by David Levente Palatinus and Elke Weissmann
Trump is back in office, letting Elon Musk loose and apparently giving in to Russia’s demands as...
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‘WELCOME TO ROMAN TIMES’: MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 by Melissa Beattie
‘In the not-too-distant future…’ For those of us of a certain age and from a certain...
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WHEREFORE ART THOU? THE ROMEO SECTION by Melissa Beattie
Because of the ambiguities inherent in the job, spy dramas tend to have morally grey characters,...
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AN OTHER[ED] PLACE: NHK’S SOMEWHERE STREET by Melissa Beattie
I have something of an ambivalent relationship with travel documentaries. While I often enjoy...
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MOVING WITH THE TIMES: AN UPDATE FROM CSTONLINE by Toby Steiner, Sarah Lahm, and Kim Akass
First of all, a happy New Year – we at CSTonline hope you have all had a good winter break. And...
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SUB-CULTURE CLUB by Andrew Pixley
Santa has been very kind to me again this year. You may recall that in recent years she’s been...
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ACTING LIKE KIDS: CHILD ACTORS PERFORMING COMEDY IN THE BRADY BUNCH by Ellie McFarlane
In the 1960s and 70s, US TV networks were broadcasting a plethora of situation comedies, many of...
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LOADED DICE: FUTURAMA’S (PSEUDO-)INDIGENOUS MARTIANS by Melissa Beattie
Science fiction and comedy are often used for social commentary and animated sf/fantasy sitcom...
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“LIVE” FROM NEW YORK, IT’S (POSTMODERN) SATURDAY NIGHT! by Douglas L. Howard
In the final act of Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night, Matt Woods’s John Belushi ice skates in his...
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