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Supercontext: Exit, Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles


This 2018 comic series by Mark Russell and Mike Feehan reimagines the cartoon character as a gay playwright at odds with 1950s American politics. We examine Russell’s writing goals while considering a critical debate about the book: is it formulaic award-bait or character-driven commentary on our present circumstances?

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Supercontext: Generation Kill


David Simon and Ed Burns produced what is heralded as one of the most authentic depictions of the Iraq War, based on Evan Wright’s embedded reporting. We look at how it navigates between journalism and drama to keep us from forgetting the story of soldiers on the ground.

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