Theorizing Stupid Media: De-Naturalizing Story Structures in the Cinematic, Televisual, and Videogames

by Aaron Kerner and Julian Hoxter

Book Overview

This book explores the stupid as it manifests in media--the cinema, television and streamed content, and videogames. The stupid is theorized not as a pejorative term but to address media that "fails" to conform to established narrative conventions, often surfacing at evolutionary moments. The Transformers franchise is often dismissed as being stupid because its stylistic vernacular privileges kinetic qualities over conventional narration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030281752
• ISBN13: 9783030281755
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"