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“…if the pretending-to-be-queer routines are at women’s expense, they are also at gay men’s, since the routines are funny because it is intrinsically funny to think that any man is Read More …
Author: KT
Between a Rock and a hard place.
Hello Readers! This week we learned about someone I knew nothing about, Rock Hudson! Rock Hudson became famous for being one of the most popular male sex icons of the Read More …
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“The phenomenon of audience-star identification may yet be the crucial aspect of the placing of the audience in relation to a character. The ‘truth’ about a character’s personality and the Read More …
I am nobody’s fool. Least of all, yours.
Hello Readers! Welcome to Week Four in CINE 345! I cannot tell you how excited I was to watch All About Eve. I’ve had it in my online Criterion shopping cart Read More …
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“…because we are dealing with stars, and not just fictional characters, the specific details of what happens in the plot of the film may matter less than the ‘personality’ that Read More …
“I AM MARLENE – MARLENE IS ME”
Hello Readers! Week three in CINE 345 has been awesome! We got to focus on the wonderful and legendary Marlene Dietrich. I had never seen any of her films and Read More …
Florence Lawrence (The Biograph Girl)
Hello Readers!! I wanted to include a small post about Florence Lawrence – who is correlated with the birth of the star system and one of the first stars to Read More …
Gentlemen Prefer….A Carefully Constructed Public Persona
Hello Readers! This term I’ve signed up for the CINE 345 course STARS, and I’ve been loving every second of it! I’ve found myself throughout my life idolizing certain prominent Read More …