Watching With The Simpsons Television, Parody, And Intertextuality [Hardcover]

Jonathan Gray (Author)

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Hardcover: 216 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (Jan 13 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415362032
ISBN-13: 978-0415362030
Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 16 x 1.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 458 g

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essential reading for fan and academic alike. - The Velvet Light Trap

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Using our favourite Springfield family as a case study, Watching with The Simpsons examines the textual and social role of parody in offering critical commentary on other television programs and genres.

Jonathan Gray brings together textual theory, discussions of television and the public sphere, and ideas of parody and comedy. Including primary audience research, it focuses on how The Simpsons has been able to talk back to three of television’s key genres - the sitcom, adverts and the news - and on how it holds the potential to short-circuit these genre’s meanings, power, and effects by provoking reinterpretations and offering more media literate recontextualizations.

Examining television and media studies theory, the text of The Simpsons, and the show’s audience, Gray attempts to fully situate the show’s parody and humour within the lived realities of its audiences. In doing so, he further explores the possibilities for popular entertainment television to discuss issues of political and social importance.

A must read for any student of media studies.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A book for the Simpsons Geek in all of us, Jun 21 2005

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This review is from: Watching with The Simpsons: Television, Parody, and Intertextuality (Paperback)

Jonathan Gray has guest lectured several times at a class I teach on The Simpsons and Philosophy at UCB, and I whole heartedly give his work my highest endorsement. Gray's knowledge of parody is well-articulated and incisive and he has a way of conveying his ideas with savvy and wit. Unlike some of those other Simpsons books which have found their way onto bookshelves, this one strikes a balance between satisfying that Simpsons geekdom we all crave and a solid theoretical acumen. His knowledge and love of The Simpsons is top notch, and this book easily compares with the very best of the Simpsons books already published, such as those by Alberti, Pinsky, or Turner.

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