VM100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Quran Reading
31 Oct 2018
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Soap- adult sitcom , covered plenty of content considered risqu , including adultery and transgenderism. In depth exploration of characters, situations and events. Originated in 70s (1974) about an hour each episode. Skeletons pulled out from the closet in narrative structure. Adventurer- most popular character- world/future is more promising than the heroic slave"s. The whore"- provides the hero with sex/erotic fantasy. Avenging angel- quasi-superhero, visionary (may be psychic, universal understanding, etc) Miniseries examples: roots, rich man poor man, holocaust, shogun, winds of war, ingmar. Bergman"s songs of marriage, tales of the city. 1990s- fragmented audience with more networks creates diversity in the miniseries genre- many more controversial themes (gays, psychological drama) developed of hbo. Since the 1960s, america has had most hold on tv industry while only 3% of media was in the. Cbs made stations in south america in 1950s/1960s. Brazil is now one of the largest broadcasters in the world.
