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A Big Fat Indie Success Story? Press Discourses Surrounding The Making And Marketing Of A "Hollywood" Movie, Alisa Perren
A Big Fat Indie Success Story? Press Discourses Surrounding The Making And Marketing Of A "Hollywood" Movie, Alisa Perren
Communication Faculty Publications
In this article, I dissect three primary claims made in mainstream publications about My Big Fat Greek Wedding. First, by examining the film's production, distribution, and exhibition history, I complicate assertions that the film can be labeled "the most successful independent of all time." Second, I challenge the assumption that films such as My Big Fat Greek Wedding are rarely made anymore by Hollywood. I suggest that such arguments are based on narrow definitions of Hollywood and its product. Third, I problematize the declarations that My Big Fat Greek Wedditig represents a triumph in innovative "grassroots" marketing tactics and appealing …
Visions And Numbers: Aronofsky's Π And The Primordial Signifier, Paul Eisenstein
Visions And Numbers: Aronofsky's Π And The Primordial Signifier, Paul Eisenstein
English Faculty Scholarship
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Where Does Creativity Come From? And Other Stories Of Copyright, Michael J. Madison
Where Does Creativity Come From? And Other Stories Of Copyright, Michael J. Madison
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This Commentary on Lydia Pallas Loren, Untangling the Web of Music Copyrights, 53 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 673 (2003), observes that debates over a variety of copyright law issues can be - and in fact, often are - structured in narrative terms, rather than in terms of doctrine, policy, or empirical inquiry. I suggest a series of such narratives, each framed by a theme drawn from a feature film. The Commentary suggests that we should recognize more clearly the role of narrative in intellectual property discourse, and that intellectual property narratives should be examined critically.