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The Fan/Creator Alliance: Social Media, Audience Mandates, and the Rebalancing of Power in Studio–Showrunner Disputes
Media Industries 5.2 (2018) The Fan/Creator Alliance: Social Media, Audience Mandates, and the Rebalancing of Power in Studio–Showrunner Disputes Annemarie Navar-Gill1 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN amngill [AT] umich.edu Abstract Because companies, not writer-producers, are the legally protected “authors” of television shows, when production disputes between series creators and studio/ network suits arise, executives have every right to separate creators from their intellectual property creations. However, legally disempowered series creators can leverage an audience mandate to gain the upper hand in production disputes. Examining two case studies where an audience mandate was involved in overturning a corporate production decision—Rob Thomas’s seven-year quest to make a Veronica Mars movie and Dan Harmon’s firing from and subsequent rehiring to his position as the showrunner of Community—this article explores how the social media ecosystem around television rebalances power in disputes between creators and the corporate entities that produce and distribute their work. Keywords: Audiences, Authorship, Management, Production, Social Media, Television Scripted television shows have always had writers. For the most part, however, until the post-network era, those writers were not “authors.” As Catherine Fisk and Miranda Banks have shown in their respective historical accounts of the WGA (Writers Guild of America), television writers have a long history of negotiating the terms of what “authorship” meant in the context of their work, but for most of the medium’s history, the cultural validation afforded to an “author” eluded them.2 This began to change, however, in the 1990s, when the term “showrunner” began to appear in television trade press.3 “Showrunner” is an unofficial title referring to the executive producer and head writer of a television series, who acts in effect as the show’s CEO, overseeing the program’s story development and having final authority in essentially all production decisions. -
Dan Harmon and the #Metoo Apology
Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric, Vol. 9, No.3/4, 2019, pp. 112-125. “Redemption Follows Allocution”: Dan Harmon and the #MeToo Apology Ben Wetherbee This article analyzes comedian and TV writer Dan Harmon’s famously well-received #MeToo-era apology for sexual misconduct on the set of his sitcom Community, noting how Harmon revises the traditionally individualistic genre of the apology into a statement of advocacy for the collective moral imperative of the #MeToo movement. After discussing #MeToo as a rhetorical situation that justifiably trivializes pleas for individual forgiveness, the article analyzes Har- mon’s monologue in relation to scholarship on genre of apologia, contrasting Harmon’s with the comparatively indi- vidualistic and unsuccessful apology of Louis C.K and arguing that traditional apologies prove ill-suited to the #Me- Too era. I contend, finally, that male speakers seeking redemption for sexual misconduct should heed Harmon’s ex- ample of sustained critical self-reflection, pronounced advocacy for victims, and sustained cultivation of an ethos that merits redemption. Keywords: #MeToo, apology, apologia, allocution, Dan Harmon, rhetorical situation, differentiation, transcendence, characterological coherence The #MeToo movement hit peak momentum in late 2017, a year that saw sexual assault allegations mount against figures like Harvey Weinstein, Louis C.K., Matt Lauer, Garrison Keillor, Charlie Rose, Kevin Spacey, and a long list of other male celebrities—all of which, let us recall, succeeded the inauguration of a president who had nonchalantly boasted about grabbing women’s genitals before garnering 306 electoral votes.1 The comedian and writer Dan Harmon fittingly dubbed 2017 “the Year of the Asshole.” Taking to Twitter on New Year’s Eve of that year, the creator and former showrunner of NBC’s sitcom Community and co-creator of the Adult Swim animated series Rick and Morty offered this bit of self-deprecating, understated humor: “This was truly the Year of the Asshole. -
Aesthetics, Taste, and the Mind-Body Problem in American Independent Comics
PAPER TOWER: AESTHETICS, TASTE, AND THE MIND-BODY PROBLEM IN AMERICAN INDEPENDENT COMICS William Timothy Jones A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate College of Bowling Green State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS May 2014 Committee: Jeremy Wallach, Advisor Esther Clinton © 2014 William Timothy Jones All Rights Reserved iii ABSTRACT Jeremy Wallach, Advisor Comics studies, as a relatively new field, is still building a canon. However, its criteria for canon-building has been modeled largely after modernist ideas about formal complexity and criteria for disinterested, detached, “objective” aesthetic judgment derived from one of the major philosophical debates in Western thought: the mind-body problem. This thesis analyzes two American independent comics in order to dissect the aspects of a comic work that allow it to be categorized as “art” in the canonical sense. Chris Ware’s Building Stories is a sprawling, Byzantine comic that exhibits characteristically modernist ideas about the subordination of the body to the mind and art’s relationship to mass culture. Rob Schrab’s Scud: The Disposable Assassin provides a counterpoint to Building Stories in its action-heavy stylistic approach, developing ideas about the merging of the mind and the body and the artistic and the commercial. Ultimately, this thesis advocates for a re -evaluation of comics criticism that values the subjective, emotional, and the popular as much as the “objective” areas of formal complexity and logic. iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS To Anna O’Brien, for the original germ of this idea and hours of enlightening conversation and companionship. To Jeremy Wallach and Esther Clinton, whose emphatic response to the paper that eventually became this thesis was instrumental to my belief in the quality of my work. -
ACRONYM 13 - Round 6 Written by Danny Vopava, Erik Nelson, Blake Andert, Rahul Rao-Potharaju, William Golden, and Auroni Gupta
ACRONYM 13 - Round 6 Written by Danny Vopava, Erik Nelson, Blake Andert, Rahul Rao-Potharaju, William Golden, and Auroni Gupta 1. This album was conceived after the master tapes to the album Cigarettes and Valentines were stolen. A letter reading "I got a rock and roll girlfriend" is described in a multi-part song at the end of this album. A teenager described in this albumis called the "son of rage and love" and can't fully remember a figure he only calls (*) "Whatsername." A "redneck agenda" is decried in the title song of this album, which inspired a musical centered onthe "Jesus of Suburbia." "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" appears on, for 10 points, what 2004 album by Green Day? ANSWER: American Idiot <Nelson> 2. In 1958, Donald Duck became the first non-human to appear in this TV role, which was originated by Douglas Fairbanks and William C. DeMille. James Franco appeared in drag while serving in this role, which went unfilled in 2019 after (*) Kevin Hart backed out. The most-retweeted tweet ever was initiated by a woman occupying this role, which was done nine other times by Billy Crystal. While holding this role in 2017, Jimmy Kimmel shouted "Warren, what did you do?!" upon the discovery of an envelope mix-up. For 10 points, name this role whose holder cracks jokes between film awards. ANSWER: hosting the Oscars [accept similar answers describing being the host of the Academy Awards; prompt on less specific answers like award show host or TV show host] <Nelson> 3. As of December 2019, players of this game can nowmake Dinosaur Mayonnaise thanks to its far-reaching 1.4 version update, nicknamed the "Everything Update." Every single NPC in this game hates being given the Mermaid's Pendant at the Festival of the Winter Star because it's only meant to be used for this game's (*) marriage proposals. -
Entertainment Eric Momou, Entertainment Editor New Movies Guaranteed to Dazzle Audiences B Y S C R E a M I N G Fun
ENTERTAINMENT Eric Momou, Entertainment Editor New movies guaranteed to dazzle audiences b y s c r e a m i n g fun. What he does fans. Their coach REVIEW i s e s s e n t i a l l y ‘Whip It’ is seated in the ‘Zombieland’ take underused REVIEW Sierra Gillespie c e n t e r w i t h a Josh Heath ideas from other Production Assistant clipboard full of plays. The Master Production Assistant entertainment sources. of Ceremonies, hilariously played by For example, he takes the idea Drew Barrymore’s family tree dates Saturday Night Live veteran Jimmy Zombies are unintelligent due to of projecting words onto the area back to classic Hollywood, and now Fallon, blares through the speakers. rotted brains and usually slow and around the characters, like Columbus’ living up to her family name, Barrymore Although they lose this match, Bliss shambling. Do they pose a threat? Of “rules to survival.” He also adopts the has released a masterpiece. After hones her gift and soon the team starts course. And it is really not different at slow-motion montage intro, which 31 active years in the entertainment winning. all in “Zombieland.” is actually done exceptionally well. industry, Barrymore has finally debuted Their main drive is to defeat the The entire world, except for maybe six And even the funny zombie film was her directorial skills. running champs, led by the vile captain people, have all been forcefully drafted obviously inspired from the Simon Ellen Page hits the screen as a Iron Maven, played by Juliette Lewis. -
Repertoire List for Solo Guitar
David William Ross Repertoire List for Solo Guitar This list is represents the most current snapshot of my repertoire. It is often changing and expanding as I learn new music for the coming season. Occasionally, I will drop songs that I feel are not working. Of course, I’m always interested in hearing about personal tastes and music ideas, so requests and recommendations are welcome. Please send me a message with your thoughts for new music! - David Popular Arrangements and Classic Songs These songs have mostly accumulated from client requests. There are great options for ceremony music in here. I also tend to emphasize this section for cocktail hours unless otherwise noted by the client. • Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing Aerosmith • Let’s Stay Together Al Green • When You Say Nothing at All Allison Krauss • God Only Knows The Beach Boys • Surfer Girl The Beach Boys • Here Comes the Sun The Beatles • And I Love Her The Beatles • In My Life The Beatles • Let it Be The Beatles David William Ross – Repertoire • I Will The Beatles • All You Need is Love The Beatles • Blackbird The Beatles • Till There Was You The Beatles (M. Wilson) • Stand by Me Ben E. King • Lovely Day Bill Withers • To Make You Feel My Love Bob Dylan/Adele • Holocene Bon Iver • Marry You Bruno Mars • Yellow Coldplay • La Vie en Rose Édith Piaf and Louiguy • Home Edward Sharpe • Perfect Ed Sheeran • Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran • Your Song Elton John • Can’t Help Falling in Love Elvis Presley • Wonderful Tonight Eric Clapton • Can’t Take My Eyes Off You Frankie Vallie • Do You -
Administration of Barack H. Obama, 2010 Remarks At
Administration of Barack H. Obama, 2010 Remarks at "Christmas in Washington" December 12, 2010 Thank you, everybody. Please, please have a seat. Merry Christmas and happy holidays, everybody. I want to thank our wonderful host, Ellen DeGeneres, for being here tonight. And of course, a special thanks to all of tonight's extraordinary performers: Mariah Carey, Andrea Bocelli, Miranda Cosgrove, Annie Lennox, Maxwell, Matthew Morrison, the Washington Youth Choir, the American Family Choir, and the United States Army Band Herald Trumpets. Please give them a huge round of applause. What a wonderful show here at the National Building Museum. And we're grateful that the Children's National Medical Center is the beneficiary of tonight's performance. Day in and day out, the folks there are saving lives and bringing healing and comfort to our children. This season reminds us that more than 2,000 years ago, a child born in a stable brought our world a redeeming gift of peace and salvation. It's a story with a message that speaks to us to this day—that we are called to love each other as we love ourselves, that we are our brother's keeper and our sister's keeper and our destinies are linked. It's a message that guides my Christian faith, and it focuses us as we think about all those whose holidays may be a bit tougher this year. We pray for our troops serving far away from the warmth of family and homespun traditions. We remember those who are out of work or struggling just to get by. -
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Note di produzione Nel 2004, il visionario regista e sceneggiatore GUILLERMO DEL TORO ha portato sul grande schermo l’eroe del fumetto di MIKE MIGNOLA Hellboy (RON PERLMAN di Blade II, Alien: la clonazione). Il muscolosissimo agente segreto, con tanto di corna, coda e caratteraccio, era un Signor nessuno che sarebbe diventato il favorito di tanti ragazzi a appassionati del genere in tutto il mondo, compreso del Toro. Del Toro ha fatto conoscere il riluttante combattente del crimine ad un pubblico globale con la pellicola Hellboy, e lo spirito del film, le splendide scene d‘azione e gli ingegnosi effetti speciali lo hanno trasformato in un successo commerciale e di critica apprezzato sia dagli amanti del fumetto che dal pubblico in genere. L’odissea epica del cineasta continua con l‘action-thriller Hellboy: The Golden Army, film che segue il suo capolavoro del 2006, vincitore di tre Oscar® Il labirinto del fauno. Con muscoli più grandi, armi più potenti, moltitudini di mostri e un piccolo conflitto domestico, ritorna il nostro eroe rosso amante dei gattini. E questa volta prenderà a calci nel sedere molti più cattivi. Hellboy combatte la giusta battaglia quando il dovere lo chiama attraverso il suo ‚datore di lavoro‘: il top-secret Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (Istituto per la Ricerca e Difesa del Paranormale - un’agenzia clandestina creata nel 1943 da Roosevelt che utilizza tecnologie segrete, poteri misteriosi e una rete di operativi con poteri fuori dal comune per difendere il mondo dai più violenti esseri soprannaturali — noto anche come B.P.R.D. Preferirebbe di gran lunga starsene rilassato a fumare un sigaro, bere una birra confezione da sei, con la sua pirocinetica fidanzata Liz Sherman (SELMA BLAIR di La rivincita delle bionde, In Good Company) e i loro innumerevoli gatti. -
Christmas in Washington’’ December 10, 1995
Administration of William J. Clinton, 1995 / Dec. 10 making progress toward reaching these goals. But we have a comprehensive education strat- We will give you extra help, and we will give egy based on national standards and grassroots special help to districts that are poor or that reforms and more opportunity. That is what I have a lot of poor children, but we all have think we ought to be pushing for. No company to have the same high standards and we all in the world and no country in the world would have to be willing to be held accountable. go into the 21st century by cutting its invest- For young people who aren't going to college, ment in education and technology and research. we have launched a national school-to-work pro- But this budget cuts our investment in edu- gram to help every State give young people good cation, technology, and research. It is a prescrip- training so they can get good jobs even if they tion for bad economics. That's the other thing don't have 4-year college degrees. Then, for I want to say to people: This Republican budget is not just bad in human terms, it's going to young people who are going to college, we've be bad for the economy. It will undermine the launched a new direct student loan program that economic strategy that we have pursued that has lower cost college loans available to more has given us the world's strongest economy kids with better terms of repayment. -
Nomination Press Release
Brian Boyle, Supervising Producer Outstanding Voice-Over Nahnatchka Khan, Supervising Producer Performance Kara Vallow, Producer American Masters • Jerome Robbins: Diana Ritchey, Animation Producer Something To Dance About • PBS • Caleb Meurer, Director Thirteen/WNET American Masters Ron Hughart, Supervising Director Ron Rifkin as Narrator Anthony Lioi, Supervising Director Family Guy • I Dream of Jesus • FOX • Fox Mike Mayfield, Assistant Director/Timer Television Animation Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin Robot Chicken • Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II • Cartoon Network • Robot Chicken • Robot Chicken: Star Wars ShadowMachine Episode II • Cartoon Network • Seth Green, Executive Producer/Written ShadowMachine by/Directed by Seth Green as Robot Chicken Nerd, Bob Matthew Senreich, Executive Producer/Written by Goldstein, Ponda Baba, Anakin Skywalker, Keith Crofford, Executive Producer Imperial Officer Mike Lazzo, Executive Producer The Simpsons • Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe • Alex Bulkley, Producer FOX • Gracie Films in Association with 20th Corey Campodonico, Producer Century Fox Television Hank Azaria as Moe Syzlak Ollie Green, Producer Douglas Goldstein, Head Writer The Simpsons • The Burns And The Bees • Tom Root, Head Writer FOX • Gracie Films in Association with 20th Hugh Davidson, Written by Century Fox Television Harry Shearer as Mr. Burns, Smithers, Kent Mike Fasolo, Written by Brockman, Lenny Breckin Meyer, Written by Dan Milano, Written by The Simpsons • Father Knows Worst • FOX • Gracie Films in Association with 20th Kevin Shinick, -
Television Academy
Television Academy 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards Ballot Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series For a single episode of a comedy series. Emmy(s) to director(s). VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN FIVE achievements in this category that you have seen and feel are worthy of nomination. (More than five votes in this category will void all votes in this category.) 001 About A Boy Pilot February 22, 2014 Will Freeman is single, unemployed and loving it. But when Fiona, a needy, single mom and her oddly charming 11-year-old son, Marcus, move in next door, his perfect life is about to hit a major snag. Jon Favreau, Director 002 About A Boy About A Rib Chute May 20, 2014 Will is completely heartbroken when Sam receives a job opportunity she can’t refuse in New York, prompting Fiona and Marcus to try their best to comfort him. With her absence weighing on his mind, Will turns to Andy for his sage advice in figuring out how to best move forward. Lawrence Trilling, Directed by 003 About A Boy About A Slopmaster April 15, 2014 Will throws an afternoon margarita party; Fiona runs a school project for Marcus' class; Marcus learns a hard lesson about the value of money. Jeffrey L. Melman, Directed by 004 Alpha House In The Saddle January 10, 2014 When another senator dies unexpectedly, Gil John is asked to organize the funeral arrangements. Louis wins the Nevada primary but Robert has to face off in a Pennsylvania debate to cool the competition. Clark Johnson, Directed by 1 Television Academy 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards Ballot Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series For a single episode of a comedy series. -
David William Ross Repertoire List for Solo Guitar 2018
David William Ross Repertoire List for Solo Guitar 2018 This list is represents the most current snapshot of my available repertoire. It will definitely change and expand as I learn new music for the coming season. Some selections will may also be dropped. Of course, requests and recommendations are always welcome so please send me a message with your thoughts and ideas for new music! - David Popular Arrangements and Classic Songs • Perfect Ed Sheeran • Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran • All I Want is You Barry Louis Polisar • Annie’s Song John Denver • What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong • In My Life The Beatles • Here Comes the Sun The Beatles • And I Love Her The Beatles • Let it Be The Beatles • I Will The Beatles • All You Need is Love The Beatles David William Ross – Repertoire 2018 • Blackbird The Beatles • Till There Was You The Beatles (M. Wilson) • La Vie en Rose Édith Piaf and Louiguy • God Only Knows The Beach Boys • Surfer Girl The Beach Boys • Betcha by Golly Wow The Stylistics • Can’t Help Falling in Love Elvis Presley • Hallelujah Leonard Cohen • Q & A Kishi Bashi • Lovely Day Bill Withers • I’m Yours Jason Mraz • Your Song Elton John • Holocene Bon Iver • Future Days Pearl Jam • You Were Meant for Me Jewel • Over the Hills and Far Away Led Zeppelin • 500 Miles The Proclaimers • The Wedding Song Paul Stookey • Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing Aerosmith • Kathy’s Song Simon and Garfunkel • Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen • 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins • The Story Brandi Carlile • Isn’t She Lovely Stevie Wonder • You Are the Best