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- Title
'I Laughed and cringed at the same time': Shaping Pedophilic Discourse around American Beauty and Happiness.
- Authors
McKittrick, Casey
- Abstract
Examines the films 'American Beauty', directed by Sam Mendes and 'Happiness,' by Todd Solondz which deal with suburban life in the U.S. History of the online forum Internet Movie Database (IMDb); Public reception of the films vis-à-vis the IMDb; Trends in online public responses to each of the films; Discussion on the cultural implications of locating homosexuality as a structuring absence in the online database.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MOTION pictures; AMERICAN Beauty (Film); HAPPINESS (Film); ONLINE databases; HOMOSEXUALITY
- Publication
Velvet Light Trap: A Critical Journal of Film & Television, 2001, Issue 47, p3
- ISSN
0149-1830
- Publication type
Article