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'Good Little Bad Girls': Controversy And The Flapper Comedienne, Sara Ross
'Good Little Bad Girls': Controversy And The Flapper Comedienne, Sara Ross
Communication, Media & The Arts Faculty Publications
In the late 1910s and early 1920s, the American film industry experimented with variety of new and timely female types which in some way challenged the sexual status quo, including the bohemian feminist, the madcap, the baby vamp and the flapper. Whether drawn from the headlines, adapted from best-selling novels or hot Broadway plays, or created for the screen, these characters had the potential to generate both strong box office, and controversy and censorship.
Hollywood Goes To Washington: Scandal, Politics, And Contemporary Media Culture, James Castonguay
Hollywood Goes To Washington: Scandal, Politics, And Contemporary Media Culture, James Castonguay
Communication, Media & The Arts Faculty Publications
Hollywood has long been associated with scandal--with covering it up, with managing its effects, and, in some cases, with creating and directing it. In putting together Headline Hollywood, Adrienne McLean and David Cook approach the relationship between Hollywood and scandal from a fresh perspective. The contributors consider some of the famous transgressions that shocked Hollywood and its audiences during the last century, and explore the changing meaning of scandal over time by zeroing in on issues of power: Who decides what crimes and misdemeanors should be circulated for public consumption and titillation? What makes a Hollywood scandal scandalous? What are …