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'As it approaches its fifty-fifth year of publication, The Journal of Popular Culture provides a history of cultural forms and of thoughtful, changing attitudes towards them. To test out the value of tracing a popular form over these many decades of the journal, I recently did a survey of essays that mentioned the computer. The journal witnessed the arrival of the computer and often commented on its representation in mass media and its wholesale transformation of everyday life, including creative and scholarly activity.' (Editorial introduction)
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Women’s Lived Experience and the Male Gaze in Big Little Lies,
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criticism
(p. 1073-1094)
'Promoting season one of its new show Big Little Lies (2017), HBO tweeted, “A perfect life is a perfect lie”. Life in Monterey, the show’s setting, certainly appears perfect: cliffs drop into the chaotic Pacific Ocean; the azure, sunny California sky seems endless; and women wear rose-printed designer dresses. Actress and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon began to bring this world to life when she optioned Liane Moriarty’s best-selling novel Big Little Lies in 2015; two years later, it turned into a seven-episode limited series on HBO. Due to its success, it even earned a second season, which premiered in 2019. Its success should come as no surprise; females and female friendships are the show’s core, which have proved popular subjects for prestige TV.' (Introduction)
