Devoted to media matters, politics, poetry, creativity, the evolution of consciousness, and autobiographical reflections, "The Laverytory" is the blog of David Lavery, literature, film, and television scholar/critic, now teaching at Middle Tennessee State University.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Essay of the Day, 7/29/12: "The Naughty, the Blasphemous, and American Television"
“The Naughty, the Blasphemous, and American
Television.” Telegenic. Critical Studies
in Television (March 2011)
Big fan of the risque, this Telegenic was in my wheelhouse.
"There are only two things I love in this world: everybody and television." --Kenneth the Page on 30 Rock ("Believe in the Stars," 3.2)
“Imagine people who could only think aloud. (As there are people who can only read aloud.)” --Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations
"Ring the bells that still can ring/Forget your perfect offerings/There is a crack in everything/That's how the light gets in."--Leonard Cohen, "Anthem"
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