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American television during a television presidency / edited by Karen McNally Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, April 2022.
Call No: 49[32](73) AMEAuthor: McNally, Karen Edition: 2022Place: Detroit, MichiganPublisher: Wayne State University PressPubDate: April 2022PhysDes: 336 pages ; 24 cmSeries: Contemporary approaches to film and mediaSubject: TELEVISION. USA ; TRUMP, DONALD ; APPRENTICE, THE [TV] (US, 2004) ; CHERNOBYL [TV] (US/UK, 2019) ; POLITICS AND TV. USA ; GOOD WIFE, THE [TV] (US, 2009) ; BLACKLISTING. USA ; PLOT AGAINST AMERICA (US, 2020) ; SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE [TV] (US, 1975-) ; STAR TREK [ GENERAL] ; AMERICAN HORROR STORY [TV] (US, 2011) Summary: In American Television during a Television Presidency, Karen McNally and contributors critically examine the various ways in which television became transfixed by the Trump presidency and the broader political, social, and cultural climate. This book is the first to fully address the relationship between TV and a presidency consistently conducted with television in mind.
The sixteen chapters cover everything from the political theater of televised impeachment hearings to the potent narratives of fictional drama and the stinging critiques of comedy, as they consider the wide-ranging ways in which television engages with the shifting political culture that emerged during this period. Approaching television both historically and in the contemporary moment, the contributors - an international group of scholars from a variety of academic disciplines- illuminate the indelible links that exist between television, American politics, and the nation’s broader culture. As it interrogates a presidency played out through the lens of the TV camera and reviews a medium immersing itself in a compelling and inescapable subject, American Television during a Television Presidency sets out to explore what defines the television of the Trump era as a distinctive time in TV history. From inequalities to resistance, and from fandom to historical memory, this book opens up new territory in which to critically analyze television’s complex relationship with Donald Trump, his presidency, and the political culture of this unsettled and simultaneously groundbreaking era.
Undergraduate and graduate students and scholars of film and television studies, comedy studies, and cultural studies will value this strong collection. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9780814349359Donation: Senses of Cinema
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Fast times and excellent adventures : the surprising hisory of the '80s teen movie / James King London: Constable, 2018.
Call No: 451-058.6 KINAuthor: King, James Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: ConstablePubDate: 2018PhysDes: xi, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmSubject: TEEN FILM ; TEEN FILMS ; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA ; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS ; HISTORY OF CINEMA ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. USA ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1980's ; BACON, KEVIN ; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD ; BRODERICK, MATTHEW ; CROWE, CAMERON ; CRUISE, TOM ; DILLON, MATT ; ESTEVEZ, EMILIO ; FOSTER, JODIE ; HECKERLING, AMY ; HUGHES, JOHN (US) ; LEE, SPIKE ; LOWE, ROB ; MUSIC TELEVISION ; PENN, SEAN ; RINGWALD, MOLLY ; TRAVOLTA, JOHN ; ZEMECKIS, ROBERT ; BACK TO THE FUTURE (US, Robert Zemeckis, 1985) ; FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (US, Amy Heckerling, 1982) ; GREASE (US, Randal Kleisner, 1978) ; GREMLINS (US, Joe Dante, 1984) ; LOST BOYS, THE (US, Joel Schumacher, 1987) ; OUTSIDERS, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1983) ; PRETTY IN PINK (US, Howard Deutch, 1986) ; RISKY BUSINESS (US, Paul Brickman, 1983) ; RIVER'S EDGE (US, Tim Hunter, 1986) ; SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (US, John Badham, 1977) ; SIXTEEN CANDLES (US, John Hughes, 1984) Summary: "Take a trip back to the era of troubled teens and awesome soundtracks; of Reagan, rap and Ridgemont High; of MTV, VHS and 'Axel F'; of outsiders, lost boys and dead poets; of Bill and Ted, Brooke Shields and the Brat Pack; of three Porky's, two Coreys and one summer when everyone called her Baby . . .
Fast Times and Excellent Adventures goes behind the scenes of a genre where cult hits mingled with studio blockbusters, where giants like Spielberg and Coppola rubbed shoulders with baby-faced first-timers and where ambitious future superstars Sean, Demi and Tom all got their big break. Music, comedy and politics - all play a part in the surprisingly complex history of the '80s teen movie. And while the films might have been aimed primarily at adolescents, the best tackle universal issues and remain a magnet to all ages. Time of your life, huh kid?
From a late '70s Hollywood in flux to an early '90s indie scene that gave youth cinema a timely reboot, respected film expert James King smartly highlights the personal struggles, the social changes and the boardroom shake-ups that produced an iconic time in movie history" -- BOOK BACK COVERNotes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 9781472123725
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Hard hates, rednecks, and macho men : class in 1970s American cinema / Derek Nystrom New York: Oxford University Press, Inc, 2009.
Call No: 451-01(73) NYSAuthor: Nystrom, Derek Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Oxford University Press, IncPubDate: 2009PhysDes: x, 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: MASCULINITY IN FILMS. USA ; CLASS AND THE CINEMA ; WOMEN IN FILMS. USA ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; WORKING CLASS IN FILMS. USA ; SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; CRUISING (US, William Friedkin, 1980) ; DELIVERANCE (US, John Boorman, 1972) ; [FIVE] 5 EASY PIECES (US, Bob Rafelson, 1970) ; LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR (US, Richard Brooks, 1977) ; SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (US, John Badham, 1977) Summary: "Hard Hats, Rednecks, and Macho Men examines a wide range of American films from the 1970s and argues that their persistent depictions of white, working-class masculinity provided a powerful class fantasy, one that spoke to middle-class anxieties provoked by the period's social and political upheavals. Drawing on iconic films from the era Nystrom presents an incisive, evocative study of labor, class, and American cinema in the wake of Vietnam, women's and gay liberation, the rise of the New Right, and other events that defined the decade" - TAKEN FROM BACK COVERISBN: 9780195336771Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2012Contents: Introduction. Making Class Visible in Film and Cultural Studies -- Pt. I. Hard Hats and Movie Brats -- 1. Class and the Youth-Cult Cycle -- Pt. II. Rednecks and Good Ole Boys: The Rise of the Southern -- 2. Deliverance, An Allegory of the Sunbelt -- 3. Keep On Truckin': The Southern Cycle and the Invention of the Good Ole Boy -- Pt. III. Macho Men and the New Nightlife Film -- 4. Saturday Night Fever and the Queering of the White, Working-Class Male Body -- 5. Extra Masculinity: Looking for Mr. Goodbar and Cruising -- Conclusion: Working-Class Solidarity and Its Others -- Afterword: Hard Hats Revisited: The Labor of 9/11.
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The Hollywood film musical / Barry Keith Grant West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
Call No: 751.1(73) GRAAuthor: Grant, Barry Keith Source: UKPlace: West Sussex, UKPublisher: Wiley-BlackwellPubDate: 2012PhysDes: xiii ; 182 p. ; 23cmSeries: New approaches to film genreSubject: USA ; MUSICALS ; MUSIC AND THE CINEMA ; HOLLYWOOD IN FILMS ; GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1933) ; TOP HAT (US, Mark Sandrich, 1935) ; PIRATE, THE (US, Vincente Minnelli, 1948) ; WEST SIDE STORY (US, Robert Wise, 1961) ; SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (US, John Badham, 1977) ; WOODSTOCK (US, Michael Wadleigh, 1970) ; PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (US, Herbert Ross, 1981) ; ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (US, Julie Taymor, 2007) Summary: "American film musicals are a central genre in the evolution of cinema as an art form and popular entertainment. With an impressive range of films produced to meet an ever-growing consumer demand, musicals have proven to be a powerful formula for box-office success. Written in an accessible style and with substantial depth of analysis, this engaging new title offers an overview of the history of, and critical literature on, this popular genre." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: inc. references and indexISBN: 9781405182522Contents: -- List of plates -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Historical overview --Critical overview -- Gold diggers of 1933 (1933) -- Top hat (1935) -- The pirate (1948) -- West side story (1961) and Saturday night fever (1977) -- Woodstock (1970) -- Phantom of the paradise (1974) -- Pennies from heaven (1981) and Across the universe (2007) -- References -- Index
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Karel Reisz / Colin Gardner Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2006.
Call No: 81REI GARAuthor: Gardner, Colin Source: UKPlace: Manchester, UKPublisher: Manchester University PressPubDate: 2006PhysDes: x, 310 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSeries: British film makersSubject: CRITICISM ; REISZ, KAREL ; SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING (UK, Karel Reisz, 1960) ; NIGHT MUST FALL (UK, Karel Reisz, 1964) ; SWEET DREAMS (US, Karel Reisz, 1985) ; GAMBLER, THE (US, Karel Reisz, 1974) ; WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN? (US, Karel Reisz, 1978) ; FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN, THE (UK, Karel Reisz, 1981) ; EVERYBODY WINS (UK/US, Karel Reisz, 1990) Notes: Includes bibliography (p. [279]-293) and index.; Includes filmographyISBN: 0719075483Donation: Donated by Senses Of Cinema, 2009Contents: 1 Introduction : Karel Reisz, 'the last great man in England' -- 2 Reisz the critic -- 3 Free cinema and the new left : Momma don't allow (1956), We are the Lambeth boys (1959) and March to Aldermaston (1959) -- 4 Kitchen sink realism and the birth of the British New Wave : Saturday night and Sunday morning (1960) -- 5 Keeping up with the Truffauts : Night must fall (1964) -- 6 Gorilla war : Morgan : a suitable case for treatment (1966) -- 7 Life into art - Reisz and the biopic : Isadora (1968) and Sweet dreams (1985) -- 8 Reisz in Hollywood : deconstructing existentialism and the counterculture in The gambler (1974) and Dog soldiers/Who'll stop the rain (1978) -- 9 A sentimental education : The French lieutenant's woman (1981) -- 10 Theatre of the absurd : Arthur Miller's Everybody wins (1990) and Samuel Beckett's Act without words I (2000) -- 11 Conclusion.
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Masterworks of the British cinema / introduction by John Russell Taylor London: Lorimer, 1974.
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Satire TV : politics and comedy in the post-network era / edited by Jonathon Gray, Jeffrey P. Jones, and Ethan Thompson New York: New York University Press, 2009.
Call No: 732 SATSource: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: New York University PressPubDate: 2009PhysDes: xiv, 283 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: POLITICS AND TV ; TALK SHOWS. USA ; TALK SHOWS ; SATIRE ON TV ; GRAY, JONATHON ; COLBERT, STEPHAN ; JONES, JEFFREY P. ; THOMPSON, ETHAN ; OSBORNE-THOMPSON, HEATHER ; DAY, AMBER ; STEWART, JON ; CHAPELLE, DAVE ; MORREALE, JOANNE ; BAYM, GEOFFREY ; ROMNEY, MITT ; JENKINS, HENRY ; HAGGINS, BAMBI ; SANTO, AVI ; SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE [TV] (US, 1975-) ; LIL' BUSH ; DAILY SHOW THE [TV] (US, Andy Barsh/Chuck O'Neil/Scott Preston/Christian Santiago, 1996-) ; RICK MERCER REPORT ; SOUTH PARK [TV] (US, 1997-) ; BOONDOCKS, THE [TV] (US, 2005-2014) Summary: Satire TV examines what happens when comedy becomes political, and politics become funny. A series of original essays focus on a range of programs, from The Daily Show to South Park, Da Ali G Show to The Colbert Report, The Boondocks to Saturday Night Live, Lil' Bush to Chapelle's Show, along with Internet DIY satire and essays on British and Canadian Satire. They all offer insights into what today's class of satire tells us about the current state of politics, of television, of citizenship, all the while suggesting what satire adds to the political realm that news and documentaries cannot.ISBN: 978-0-8147-3199-4Language: EnglishContents: --Foreword by David Marc-- Part 1 Post 9/11, Post Modern, or Just Post Network? -- 1 The State of Satire, the Satire of State /Jonathon Gray, Jeffrey P. Jones, and Ethan Thompson -- 2 With All Due Respect: Satirizing Presidents from Saturday Night Live to Lil' Bush -- 3 Tracing the "Fake" Candidate in American Television Comedy / Heather Osborne-Thompson -- Part 2 Fake News, Real Funny -- 4 And Now...the News? Mimesis and the Real in The Daily Show / Amber Day -- 5 Jon Stewart and The Daily Show: I thought You Were Going to Be Funny! / Joanne Morreale -- 6 Stephan Colbert's Parody of the Postmodern / Geoffrey Baym -- Part 3 Building in the Critical Rubble: Between Deconstruction and Reconstruction -- 7 Throwing Out the Welcomr Mat: Public Figures as Guests and Victims in TV Satire / Jonathon Gray -- 8 Speaking "Truth" to Power? Television Satire, Rick Mercer Report, and the Politics of Place and Space / Serra Tinic -- 9 Why Mitt Romney Wont Debate a Snowman / Henry Jenkins -- Part 4 Shock and Guffaw: The Limits of Satire -- 10 Good Demo, Bade Taste: South Park as Carnivalesque Satire / Ethan Thompson -- 11 In the Wake of "The Nigger Pixie": Dave Chapelle and the Politics of Crossover Comedy / Bambi Haggins -- 12 Of Niggas and Citizens: The Boondocks Fans and Differentiated Black American Politics / Avi Santo -- About the Contributors -- Index
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Sex, class, and realism : British cinema, 1956-1963 / John Hill London: BFI Pub., 1986.
Call No: 744.1(41) HILAuthor: Hill, John Place: LondonPublisher: BFI Pub.PubDate: 1986PhysDes: 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: UNITED KINGDOM ; SOCIAL-REALISM IN FILMS. UK ; SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS. UK ; WORKING CLASS IN FILMS. UK ; ANDERSON, LINDSAY ; DEARDEN, BASIL ; WILLIS, TED ; RANK ORGANISATION ; BLUE LAMP (UK, Basil Dearden, 1949) ; CAGE OF GOLD (UK, Basil Dearden, 1950) ; I BELIEVE IN YOU (UK, Basil Dearden & Michael Relph, 1952) ; SAPPHIRE (UK, Basil Dearden, 1959) ; VIOLENT PLAYGROUND (UK, Basil Dearden, 1957) ; BOYS, THE (UK, Sidney J. Furie, 1962) ; ENTERTAINER, THE (UK, Tony Richardson, 1960) ; LOOK BACK IN ANGER (UK, Tony Richardson, 1959) ; TASTE OF HONEY, A (UK, Tony Richardson, 1961) ; I'M ALL RIGHT JACK (UK, John Boulting, 1959) ; KIND OF LOVING, A (UK, John Schlesinger, 1962) ; PETTICOAT PIRATES (UK, David MacDonald, 1961) ; SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING (UK, Karel Reisz, 1960) ; SOME PEOPLE (UK, Clive Donner, 1962) ; WOMAN IN A DRESSING GOWN (UK, J. Lee Thompson, 1957) ; SONS AND LOVERS (UK, Jack Cardiff, 1960) ; VICTIM (UK, Basil Dearden, 1961) Notes: "Select filmography": p. 180-222; Includes bibliographies and indexISBN: 0851701329 : ¦20.00; 0851701337 (pbk.)LON: 87111868; 5748139
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That's Anarchy / Chrissie Macdonald Hartwell, Vic: Sid Harta Publishers, 2002.
Call No: 759.3(41) MACAuthor: Macdonald, Chrissie Source: ATPlace: Hartwell, VicPublisher: Sid Harta PublishersPubDate: 2002PhysDes: ix, 297 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cmSubject: COMEDY PROGRAMMES. UK ; HUMOUR ON TV ; RICHARDSON, PETER ; MAYALL, RIK ; PLANER, NIGEL ; SAUNDERS, JENNIFER ; FRENCH, DAWN ; ALLEN, KEITH ; COLTRANE, ROBBIE ; EDMONDSON, ADRIAN ; PEACOCK, DANIEL ; YOUNG ONES, THE [TV] (UK, 1982-84) ; COMIC STRIP PRESENTS..., THE [TV] (UK, 1982-) ; RED DWARF [TV] (UK, 1988-93, 97) ; FILTHY RICH AND CATFLAP [TV] (UK, 1987) ; BOTTOM [TV] (UK, 1991-) ; SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE [TV] (US, 1975-) ; BIG GIG, THE [TV] (AT, Ted Robinson, 1989) ; ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS [TV] (UK, 1992 - 1996) ; HAPPY FAMILIES [TV] (UK, 1992) ; FRENCH AND SAUNDERS [TV] (UK, 1987-) ; VICAR OF DIBLEY, THE [TV] (UK, 1994) ; BLACKADDER [TV] (UK, 1983) Summary: Some called it “alternative comedy”. Others called it “the new rock ‘n’ roll”. Whatever it was, it spawned “The Young Ones”. Comedy changed on the 9th November 1982 when Rick, Vyvyan, Neil and Mike infiltrated the safe world of the television sitcom. They farted, swore, hit each other and shouted a lot and comedy hasn’t been the same since. They weren’t nice; they were NASTY! This is the story of the conception and birth of “The Young Ones”, their ancestors, their playmates and, eventually, their offspring. [Taken from back cover]Notes: Cover subtitle: The story of a revolution in the world of TV comedy.
Includes index.
Includes some short biographies of British comedians, producers and writers: p. 259-281.
Bibliography: p. 283-4.ISBN: 1877059242Language: English
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