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‘The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet’ and the Nerve-Wracking Nature of Nothingness in 1950s White America

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‘The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet’ and the Nerve-Wracking Nature of Nothingness in 1950s White America

By Michael Barrett / 28 June 2022

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet impresses me not for its alleged blandness but for its ingenious minimalism, its meta-structure, and its nerve-wracking nature of nothingness.

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Why We Still Love Lucy After All These Years

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Why We Still Love Lucy After All These Years

By Peter Piatkowski / 2 November 2021

The I Love Lucy cast insisted that the show didn’t intend to take on world-changing progressive issues, but it was far more subversive than they let on.

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Identity, Geography, and an Overload of Nostalgia in My Mother’s Son

Identity, Geography, and an Overload of Nostalgia in My Mother’s Son

By Christopher John Stephens / 22 August 2018

My Mother's Son could have been an unforgettable and evocative portrait of a lost era.

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Waves of Grain: How World War II Created Our World

By George Russell / 1 October 2012

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International Beats: The Desire for the Foreign in Kerouac’s ‘On the Road’

By Suzanne Enzerink / 6 May 2012

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‘Lord of the Flies’ Still Reigns

By Jennifer Makowsky / 25 April 2012

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Deriding Desire: Dorothy Dandridge and the Raced and Gendered ’50s

By Suzanne Enzerink / 19 March 2012

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The Pipettes: Earth Vs. the Pipettes

By Zach Corsa / 17 November 2010

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Fats Domino: Greatest Hits: Walking to New Orleans

By Zeth Lundy / 15 August 2007