The 2025 Summer Movie Season interruption CONTINUES with a second reflection on Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. 2025). How does PTA's latest film rate as a Border Western, and what character themes resonate with contemporary tensions in America? Host Garret Castleberry provides an armchair rhetorician second screening review of PTA's latest masterwork now in cinemas. Hosts: Garret Castleberry Producers: Garret Castleberry, Will McMurry (Audio Engin...
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The 2025 Summer Movie Season interruption CONTINUES with a second reflection on Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. 2025). How does PTA's latest film rate as a Border Western, and what character themes resonate with contemporary tensions in America? Host Garret Castleberry provides an armchair rhetorician second screening review of PTA's latest masterwork now in cinemas. Hosts: Garret Castleberry Producers: Garret Castleberry, Will McMurry (Audio Engin...
Talking Mass Communication Perspectives - "Fantasy Theme Analysis in TV's Parks & Rec"
Special Topics in Media
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4 months ago
Talking Mass Communication Perspectives - "Fantasy Theme Analysis in TV's Parks & Rec"
Welcome to the "Talking Mass Communication Perspectives" season of Special Topics in Media. This week host Garret Castleberry is joined by Annabeth Fehrle to discuss Fantasy Theme Analysis and how it applies to two politically oriented TV programs, ABC's Scandal (2013-2018) and NBC's Parks & Recreation (2009-2015). Reading Reference: Fogle, Krystal. "Knope vs. Pope: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Scandal vs. Parks & Recreation". In Communication Theory and Millennial Popular Cultur...
Special Topics in Media
The 2025 Summer Movie Season interruption CONTINUES with a second reflection on Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. 2025). How does PTA's latest film rate as a Border Western, and what character themes resonate with contemporary tensions in America? Host Garret Castleberry provides an armchair rhetorician second screening review of PTA's latest masterwork now in cinemas. Hosts: Garret Castleberry Producers: Garret Castleberry, Will McMurry (Audio Engin...
