Perspectives on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (eBook)

Nuanced Postnetwork Television

Charles Burnetts, Amanda Konkle (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
Syracuse University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8156-5518-3 (ISBN)

Infos

With an off-putting title and a decidedly retrograde premise, the CW dramedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is a surprising choice for critical analysis. But, loyal viewers quickly came to appreciate the show's sharp cultural critique through masterful parody, and this strategy has made it a critical darling and earned it several awards throughout its run. In ways not often seen on traditional network television, the show transcends conventional genre boundaries-the Hollywood musical, the romantic comedy, the music video-while resisting stereotypes associated with contemporary life.The essays in this collection underscore the show's ability to distinguish itself within the current television market. Focusing on themes of feminism, gender identity, and mental health, contributors explore the ways in which the show challenged viewer expectations, as well as the role television critics play in identifying a show's "e;authenticity"e; or quality.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.9.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Television and Popular Culture
• Reihe/Serie: Television and Popular Culture
• Co-Autor: Lauren Boumaroun, Caitlin Ray, Carel van Rooyen, Stephanie Salerno, William Stevenson, Margaret Tally, Bibi Burger, Christi Cook, David Scott Diffrient, Kathleen W. Taylor Kollman, Marija Laugalyte, Hazel MacKenzie, Chelsea McCracken, Christine Prevas
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: 2010s popular culture • Adam Schlesinger • Aline Brosh McKenna • Anxiety • auteurism • binge watch • Bisexuality • Body Image • broadcast television • crazy ex-girlfriend • Critical analysis • Cult Television • Depression • episodes • episodic television • Family • Fandom • Gender and Sexuality • golden age of television • Hunger • Identity • Jack Dolgen • Judaism • Los Angeles • love triangles • Madness • Mental Health • metatextuality • modernism • Motherhood • Musical • musical comedy • Musical Theater • network television • parenting • postcomplex television • postnetwork television • Pregnancy • Queer Theory • Rachel Bloom • Romantic Comedy • romcom • Showtime • Staff Picks: Holiday Gift Guide for 2022 • streaming television • television and popular culture • The CW • Trauma • TV shows • Women's and Gender Studies • women's sexuality
• ISBN-10: 0-8156-5518-5 / 0815655185
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8156-5518-3 / 9780815655183