Cardwell / Unknown / Bignell Complexity / simplicity

Moments in television
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5261-4876-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

Reihe: The Television Series

This collection interrogates the concept of complex TV, and reappraises the value of simplicity in TV, with reference to a range of television programming, including episodic series and serial dramas, sitcoms, science-fiction, animation, horror, thrillers and period dramas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Unknown,

Cardwell, Sarah

Bignell, Jonathan

Donaldson, Lucy Fife

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Fernsehproduktion

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: complexity/simplicity – Sarah Cardwell, Jonathan Bignell and Lucy Fife Donaldson
1 ‘WTF June?’: The Handmaid’s Tale and the significance of unexpected choice – Trisha Dunleavy
2 Being Frank? Breaking the ’fourth wall’ in Netflix’s House of Cards – Christa van Raalte and Maike Helmers
3 ‘You’ve got to expect this kind of thing in the priesthood’: simplicity and complexity in Father Ted – Karen Quigley
4 Depth in two dimensions: complex/simple moments in Rick and Morty – James Walters
5 Simplicity and complexity in the costuming of Killing Eve – Josette Wolthuis
6 Complexity and clear-sightedness in The Wire – James Zborowski
7 Such schadenfreude: unpacking the political satire in Veep – Michael P. Young
8 Queer adventures in time and space: complicating simplicity in Doctor Who – Benedict Morrison
9 Vanity Fair and the contradictions of colour – Jonathan Bignell
10 The value of simplicity: The Long Wait – Sarah Cardwell
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Cardwell Sarah:
Sarah Cardwell is Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of Kent at CanterburyBignell Jonathan:
Jonathan Bignell is Reader in Television and Film at the University of Reading, and Director of the Centre for Television Drama StudiesSarah Cardwell is Honorary Fellow in the School of Arts at the University of Kent
Jonathan Bignell is Professor of Television and Film at the University of Reading
Lucy Fife Donaldson is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of St. Andrews