On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Kym Ragusa wrote:
>
> I think we need to differentiate issues of representation and the social &
> political forces that shape representation in mainstream media from
> psychological justifications about why characters appear or act the way
> they do. What do other people think? Are these issues clearer in literature
> than they are for tv?
>
Kym, interesting question. My frist reaction is that tv is different
because of it's serial on going nature. In television ideas, plots,
characters, are introduced, audience response judge, changes made, more
audience responde, back and forth. It seems an essential part of the
medium that there's a dialectic between creators and 'the majority'
audience. Books and film come to us in a more final form, and while
authors and studios may try to anticipate the reactions and feelings of
the audience, they can't react to them once the product is out, and go
back and make changes. Unless, I suppose, it's a series.
Robin
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