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It’s So Gross I Love It: Femme Horror and the Abject

A Screenscope Guest Entry by Tara Horror movies are often utilised to showcase the most depraved parts of human nature with the intention of eliciting a strong reaction from its viewer. However, it also takes advantage of the abject. Abject: the phenomenon of being so disgusted but also enamoured by something – to be so

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The Eponymous Show

‘Seinfeld’. ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’.  ‘Martin’. ‘I Love Lucy’.  ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’.  ‘Everybody Hates Chris’. ‘Miranda’. ‘The Bernie Mac Show’. ‘George Lopez’. ‘The Ms Pat Show’ You know what these shows have in common? It’s very easy to see who stars in them. Since the start of television, even though they are acting, many

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Lip Sync Battle

When the change from black and white silent films to ‘talkies’ happened in the late 1920s, the whole screen industry was shaken. Actors who did not consider how they sounded now had to take elocution lessons to make sure that they spoke in a Mid-Atlantic accent that added prestige to their roles. Any strong accents

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Mom’s Spaghetti

Raptors (rapper-actors) are very popular in Hollywood. It makes sense because rappers felt comfortable around cameras and they are used to telling stories through their craft. But more than this, a lot of the rappers started in ‘hood films’ because the directors wanted an accurate portrayal of the hood experience. To escape this stereotype is

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