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Reading Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Critical Approaches (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,717
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Reading Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Critical Approaches (Hardcover): Shelley S. Rees

Reading Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Critical Approaches (Hardcover)

Shelley S. Rees

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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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Imprint: Scarecrow Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: May 2013
First published: May 2013
Editors: Shelley S. Rees
Dimensions: 239 x 163 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-9140-1
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Television
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LSN: 0-8108-9140-9
Barcode: 9780810891401

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