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TV shows - The Fall of the American Hero
TV shows - The Fall of the American Hero
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The production value - money spent on TV-shows today - is exemplified by
the many exotic locations
the variety, and thus multitude of camera angles used
the expensive actors who are cast
all of the precious ones:-)
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A show runner is
the person who is responsible for the idea behind tv shows
the person who produces tv shows
the person who writes tv shows
the person in charge of every aspect of a tv show
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When TV-shows reflect reality and other artistic works of art, we speak of
referencing
intertextuality
metonymy
dilemma
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The subtitle of the course name
that the traditional role of the man as breadwinner is gone
that China is taking over world domination
that America is at war
that we can all be heroes
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Friends, How I met Your Mother, Seinfeld, and Modern Family are examples of
succesful tv-shows
of the third golden age of tv-shows
un-funny tv-shows
succesful sit-com tv-shows
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Catharsis
is having a sore throat after too much shouting
means cleansing
is another way of saying dilemma
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Walther White, Don Draper, Tony Soprano, Rust Cole, Nicholas Brody, Frank Underwood, Will Macav
are all showrunners
are all examples of leading characters
are all real life people portrayed in tv shows
are all examples of isocolon
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Mittel and Engelstad
are a Norwegian Bob sleigh team
Are theorists talking about tv shows
are un-important
are terrorist behind tv shows
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LOP stands for
Littering on people
Lobsters on potato
least objectionable programming
Laugh out profusely
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Mad Men
tackled many new and daring subjects in its 7 season, among them
the role of women in the work-place
adultery by our 'hero' and protagonist
street fighting
advertising items now deemed politically incorrect
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A Chronotope is
just some gibberish I invented
the time and place of a tv-show
A fancy word for a wrist watch
the time and place of Star Wars
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Tv shows of the third golden age are seen as
an equvalent to literature of previous generations
a rehashing of old rules
boring and long-winded
innovative - fresh and able to renew the code of TV viewing
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A narrative arc is
something the third golden age inherited from literature
something unique to the third golden age of tv-shows
the opposite of being flat-footed
a natural phenomenon
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This picture proves
That not only American Heroes have fallen
that the pot hair cut is coming back
that the Danish Children's dental services are brilliant
Nobody can keep a good man down
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Netflix, AMC, HBO are examples of
State owned tv channels
privately owned tv companies
Streamin services, as well as tv-production companies
Privately owned streaming services
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Modern American TV shows are characterised by ...
great complexity
great mismanagement
great confusion
great actors
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Which of these tv shows has the highest rating on the imdb online movie database?
The Wire
True Detective
The Sopranos
Breaking Bad
