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Syllabus for Media and Cultural Studies

COMM 6160/8690, Spring 2012
Thursdays 4:30-7:00 PM, Sparks 321

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Syllabus for GSU Senior Seminar: Auteurs, Audiences & ...

Film 4910, Spring 2012
Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:30-3:45, Classroom South 328

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Ted’s Top TV of 2011

1. Portlandia
2. Breaking Bad
3. Louie
4. Community
5. Parks and Recreation
6. Justified
7. Childrens Hospital
8. The Amazing Race
9. The Great Food Truck Race
10. Curb Your Enthusiasm
11. Hung
12.Top Chef
13. Bored to Death
14. Game of Thrones
15. Sunday Night Football
16. The Layover/No Reservations
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Ted’s Top Movies of 2011

As longtime readers of my blog know, I rate every movie I see according to the DTMTBD scale: how it compares to Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, which I established twenty years ago as the baseline for all films. Better than Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter‘s Dead means the movie was a rewarding experience; worse means you wasted your time. About as good as means it all depends on the popcorn.... read more »

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Ted’s Top Music of 2011

Albums

1. Bon Iver, Bon Iver
2. Drake, Take Care
3. Tune-Yards, Whokill
4. Laura Marling, A Creature I Don’t Know
5. Tycho, Dive
6. Washed Out, Within and Without
7. Radiohead, King of Limbs
8. M83, Hurry Up We’re Dreaming
9. Raphael Saadiq, Stone Rollin’
10. Feist, Metals

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Marx, Jung & Yoda: The Dialectics of The Force

 

Here’s a talk about Star Wars and and myth that I gave last month  at the Academy of Religious Studies conference in San Francisco:... read more »

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Renewal

A couple of weeks ago I attended a wonderful workshop put together by Depth Psychology Seminars, a group of Jungian therapists and artists. The weekend included both lectures and creative workshops – opportunities to move from theory to practice, in the form of what Jung called “active imagination,” and my Marxist colleagues might call “praxis.” I painted, acted, and wrote poetry for the first time in decades. It was a blast.... read more »

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Syllabus for Issues & Perspectives in Communication Theory, Fall ...

Comm 6010, Fall 2011
Class: Tuesdays 4:30-7:00 PM, 1020 One Park Place South
Office: 738 One Park Place South
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Syllabus for American Film History II, Fall 2011

Film 4960/6960, Fall 2011
Class: Tuesdays & Thursdays 1:00-2:15, Classroom South 426
Screenings: Thursdays at 2:30, Arts & Humanities 406
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How do movies reflect and influence American life? How has Hollywood shaped Americans’ image of the world, and the world’s view of Americans? What are the alternatives to Hollywood’s stories? What is the future of film in a digital age?... read more »

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New Interview on the Diet Soap Philosophy Podcast

SF writer Douglas Lain interviewed me for his philosophy podcast, Diet Soap. We talk about myth, ideology and flying saucers:... read more »