Jason Mittell
Professor of Film & Media / American Studies
Media studies prof at Middlebury College, TV obsessive, father of 3, proud Vermonter living in Germany for a year. Writing a book online at @ComplexTV
Middlebury College
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David Simon's commencement address is wonderfully bleak & angry. "The audacity of despair" indeed. http://t.co/7MfHRAQs
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Today in "Cruel Signs That My Sabbatical is Ending": my chair reassigning 12 of his advisees to me. Crap.
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I've not watched #Apt23 yet, but am curious. Anyone have recommendation for which ep to sample?
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Some excellent new music on sale for $2.99 - Sharon Van Etten is a particular favorite of mine http://t.co/1GjDJ4RJ via @amazon
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In remembrance of #Lost2YearsLater, my old thoughts on finale: http://t.co/SYfVFsdz & http://t.co/4jKiuF9A - short version: I still love it!
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My wife's blog about what she's learned about parenting from being in Germany: http://t.co/RWEAguUg
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OK, I feel better now getting that off my chest. #PeerReview
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"At times, the author makes assertions, but doesn't back them up with logic, reasoning or evidence." #PeerReview
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"There is an entire field of television studies that the author seems happy to ignore." #PeerReview
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"People have been publishing unsubstantiated diatribes against television for 6 decades & this one breaks no new ground within the genre."
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Doing blind review of an essay that's so bad, I wish I could tweet some select lines for your amusement. Instead, I quote from my review:
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This roundtable with Milch, Gilligan & Weiner confirms my opinions on each showrunner: mad poet / mensch / prick. http://t.co/TT0bBNu4
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One great thing about my job is browsing web for amazing fan works to put in presentations. Today's example: http://t.co/r0AouxCW #TheWire
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Note to self: never read comment threads on #GirlsHBO reviews. There is nothing but infuriation to be found therein.
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Slavoj Žižek is the L. Ron Hubbard of cultural theory. Discuss.
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Great interview w @DamonLindelof , where yet another LOST-ending-hater is shown to have not been paying attention: http://t.co/wHiwHFqm
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Excellent Google Doodle for Robert Moog's birthday: http://t.co/YNUJD9Rs
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So excited! RT @mattzollerseitz : Charlie Kaufman will have an HBO series starring & coproduced by Catherine Keener. http://t.co/z7SgjPNw
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New career ambition: @Peabody_Awards judge! RT @sepinwall : At Peabody reception w @moryan , @kentremendous & a bearded, ginger Nick Offerman.
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ICYMI: My new chapter on TV #Transmedia Storytelling: http://t.co/q1OuEh1q w case studies on #Lost and #BreakingBad - follow book @ComplexTV
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Great interview with new editor of #Louie, Susan Morse, Woody Allen's old editor. http://t.co/dzztFJH7
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Highly recommend @tvoti 's piece about the Dan Harmon / #Community situation: http://t.co/WMncnH8H
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My new chapter on TV #Transmedia Storytelling: http://t.co/q1OuEh1q w case studies on #Lost and #BreakingBad - follow book at @ComplexTV
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That last @KenLevine quote is from his excellent, reasoned & seasoned take on Harmon / #Community firing: http://t.co/pPloQhRy
