30 Rock and philosophy : we want to go to there
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Jeremy Wisnewski
- ناشر : Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
- شابک / ISBN : 9780470575581
Description
Introduction : platonic fantasies and Tina Fey-losophy -- What would Oprah do? ethics and the good life at 30 Rock. Being Kenneth : some moral lessons / P. Sue Dohnimm -- Sour lemon : Liz's workaholism and the meaning of life / Jeffrey A. Hinzmann -- Friendship on 30 Rock : what a Greek philosopher can teach us about companionship / Dan Yim -- A Confucian-Aristotelian critique of 30 Rock's "semi-virtuous path" / Adam Barkman -- The girlie show : gender, race, and sexual orientation at 30 Rock. Race at the Rock : race cards, white myths, and postracial America / J. Jeremy Wisnewski -- Getting gay : how 30 Rock helps us understand sexuality / J. Jeremy Wisnewski -- And the followship award goes to... third wave feminism? / Ashley Barkman -- Dealbreaker! : corporations, professions, and politics. Medicine's not a science : Dr. Leo Spaceman and the role of the incompetent professional in today's America / Kevin S. Decker -- Is there a difference between East Coast television and microwave ovens? moral questions about corporate management / Andrew Terjesen -- The emancipation corporation : loving and loathing the Shinehardt wigs of the world / Nick Michaud -- Liz and Jack can't be friends! : communitarianism, libertarianism, and politics at 30 Rock / Nicholas Michaud -- Mind grapes (to nourish your thinking). "The bubble," the cave and Samsara : being deluded at 30 Rock / Adam Barkman -- Of cookie jars and CEOs : time and self on 30 Rock / Tyler Shores -- One city's cheese curl addict is another city's model : a question of taste / Michael Da Silva and Melina Found -- "I'm straight up mentally ill" : Tracy Jordan and true, justified belief / Robert Arp -- Performing at 30 Rock (and everywhere else) / Marc E. Shaw.
An exploration of the philosophy behind NBC's hit TV series, 30 Rock. With edgy writing and a great cast, 30 Rock is one of the funniest television shows on the air{u2014}and where hilarity ensues, philosophical questions abound: Are Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy ethical heroes? Kenneth redefines "goody two shoes", but what does it really mean to be good? Dr. Leo Spaceman routinely demonstrates that medicine is not a science, so what is the role of the incompetent professional in America today?
