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Reading Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Critical Approaches (Hardcover)
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Reading Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Critical Approaches (Hardcover)
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First broadcast in the not too distant past on a television station
in Minnesota, Mystery Science Theater 3000 soon grew out of its
humble beginnings and found a new home on cable television. This
simple show about a man and two robots forced to watch bad movies
became a cult classic, and episodes of the series continue to be
packaged in DVD collections to this day. Before its final run, the
show received Emmy nominations and a Peabody award for Television
excellence, and in 2007, Time magazine declared MST3K one of "The
100 Best Shows of All-Time." In Reading Mystery Science Theater
3000: Critical Approaches, Shelley S. Rees presents a collection of
essays that examines the complex relationship between narrative and
audience constructed by this baffling but beloved television show.
Invoking literary theory, cultural criticism, pedagogy, feminist
criticism, humor theory, rhetorical analysis, and film and media
studies, these essays affirm the show's narrative and rhetorical
intricacy. The first section, "Rhetoric and the Empowered
Audience," addresses MST3K's function as an exercise in rhetorical
resistance. Part Two, "Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Genre,"
analyzes MST3K through distinct generic traditions, including humor
studies, traditional science fiction tropes, and the B-movie.
Finally, the third section addresses postmodern and intertextual
readings of the show. By providing an academic treatment of an
iconic television phenomenon, these essays argue that Mystery
Science Theater 3000 is worthy of serious scholarly attention.
Though aimed at a discerning readership of academics, this
collection will also appeal to the intellectual nature of the
show's well-educated audience.
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