This class has given me new lenses with which to view and consume media. As a former theatre/film student, I'm used to analyzing work on screen in a certain way. The methods learned in this class provide a different way to think about the subjects put forth in modern television.
Since moving out of my parent's house last year, my access to cable has been substantially limited. I watch a lot of Netflix, Amazon Prime if I feel like doing something different, and the rest of the time, I'm that person who listens to full albums on my record player. So many new and returning shows premiere new episodes this time of year, so if I want to actually catch one of those, I make sure it's recording at my parent's house or that one of my friends is equally interested in the program so they'll end up recording it. I'm pretty much a mooch when it comes to people who have DVRs. This past week, the only premiering episode I went out of my way to see was Scream Queens, a new Ryan Murphy show that promised to be campy, college-based horror. Scream Queens turned out to be fantastic, but I think it's really funny that the episode just HAPPENED to premiere the night that our class started working with the concepts surrounding Marxism. There are a lot of hierarchal dynamics surrounding the characters (the plot centers around a college sorority).
I'm intrigued by what I have observed so far, and am interested to see how this class further changes my perceptions.
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