RHETOR 138 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Samurai Champloo, Gracepoint, Broadchurch
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Broadchurch: experience grief and family and community in powerful way: silence and empty spaces. More about people: unfamiliar because of different experiences us as. Text lacked polysemy of character, too familiar. Allows interpretation of text in familiar ways. Need to balance between exotic and familiar (in title credits) Utopian text we see different social and personal perspectives in a common space. Wanton obi: 2 influences that created samurai champloo (1) hip-hop (2) swordfights. Pleasure is associated with this, depends on balance between the familiar and exotic aspects. Opening: we don"t care about authenticity, just enjoy the show show the lack of meticulous concern with historical and cultural accuracy.
