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"content": "\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 277px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/05/the-reek-of-grad-school/3s3tcr/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2066\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-2066 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/3s3tcr.jpg\" alt=\"3s3tcr\" width=\"277\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/3s3tcr.jpg 625w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/3s3tcr-400x492.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How was life worth living without Grumpy Cat memes?\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I was talking about someone with my friend, and she wrinkled up her face and said definitively, “That girl reeks of grad school.” I laughed because I knew exactly what she meant. Now that I work in the same school where I earned my MFA, watching other young grads across the street is a strange experience. It’s like going back and reading your diary from age ten and cringing at the sheer embarrassment of what a naive ass you were, except that you’re discovering the naive ass you were mere semesters ago. It’s also horrifying as you begin to see how the sausage is made, like the part in Soylent Green where the guy realizes they’ve been eating people, except it’s where you realize the information you willingly signed up for was making you more annoying and less and less interesting to everyone around you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We should be clear here that when I say grad school, I mean a major in the Liberal Arts. Fine Art, Writing, Curatorial Practice, Visual Studies, and let’s throw in other majors that don’t qualify you for anything useful when you graduate, like History, Rhetoric and Philosophy. I’m not talking about people who attend higher education to study Medicine, Law, or Social Work -- people who actually might make a difference in someone else’s life in the future. And even though I was in a Fine Art program, I still don’t know anything. So before you get your panties in a bunch, you might want to just take off your underwear while you read this. The opinion of lil old me is nothing more than a comment from the caustic peanut gallery of the old men on the Muppets and if you can’t take it, leave it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ym2L1urOz8&w=560&h=315]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>SMELLY GRAD SCHOOL TRAITS\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are in grad school or recently got out, no amount of perfume is going to cover up the reek that everyone you know and love finds a little revolting. It will only stop festering when you learn to recognize your particular bouquet, made up of some or all of the following personality traits you picked up while doing your time inside. I’m not saying that I’m immune or cleansed of any of these, but I am in a self-help program called reality, and I’m doing my best to wash regularly. Also, I found a bunch of cartoon personalities to make it easier to recognize similar attributes in yourself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Glad-Hander\u003c/strong>: Your friends have come to the conclusion that they cannot take you to events. When a friend extends an invitation to something, you will make them rattle off who else will be there to network with before you consider going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2078\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 107px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/05/the-reek-of-grad-school/quimby/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2078\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2078 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/quimby-178x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mayor Quimby from The Simpsons\" width=\"107\" height=\"180\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Quimby from The Simpsons\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Know-it-All\u003c/strong>: No one would ever want to be stuck in a conversation with you alone at a party. You will proceed to tell everyone that any idea they’ve ever had has been done before, and where and when. You will then start referencing theory no one cares to listen to, and everyone around you cries ‘yield’ and slowly walks away backward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2079\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 130px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/05/the-reek-of-grad-school/lisa-reading-lisa-simpson-642106_739_1024/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2079\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2079 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Lisa-reading-lisa-simpson-642106_739_1024-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Simpson\" width=\"130\" height=\"180\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Simpson\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Star\u003c/strong>: You boldly boast of all the things you’ve been doing lately, all your latest and greatest achievements, and name-drop who you’ve been working with in every social media outlet available. Even worse, most of your news is mediocre at best, but you will put it all in a monthly newsletter clogging inboxes around the nation anyway. You announce your birthday in the same way, as if it were the only birthday known to man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2080\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 180px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/05/the-reek-of-grad-school/bobs-burgers/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2080\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2080 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/bobs-burgers-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"Gene's girlfriend on Bob's Burgers\" width=\"180\" height=\"130\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gene's girlfriend on Bob's Burgers\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Unsolicited Advisor\u003c/strong>: Someone somewhere gave you the idea that you know more about life than anyone else. You proceed to cut people off mid-sentence to tell them how to handle their stress, money and other people giving them advice, oblivious to the fact that no one asked you for help. You might even go so far as to explain feminist theory to a woman in your stupid dude voice. Mmkay?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2081\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 180px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/05/the-reek-of-grad-school/mr-garrison/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2081\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2081\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/mr-garrison-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"mr-garrison\" width=\"180\" height=\"134\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. Garrison from South Park\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Morose Bummer-a-thon\u003c/strong>: All you talk about is how you wish you had more pills and the better school you wish you had gotten into and the fact that everyone is against you. You forget that you’re not in high school anymore and this is art school and everyone is a weirdo too and no one is judging you for being gay or socially handicapped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2082\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 180px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/05/the-reek-of-grad-school/020810daria1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2082\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2082 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/020810daria1-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"Daria\" width=\"180\" height=\"140\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daria\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Frantic Busy-Bee\u003c/strong>: You flit around telling people dramatically about all the things you are doing, the show you’re in, and how you are just SO BUSY! You’re so stressed! You forget that no one cares about your group show/reading, etc. and that everyone around you has the same exact deadlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2092\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 117px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/05/the-reek-of-grad-school/francine_smith___american_dad_by_leeroberts/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2092\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2092 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Francine_Smith___American_Dad_by_LeeRoberts.png\" alt=\"Francine_Smith___American_Dad_by_LeeRoberts\" width=\"117\" height=\"174\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Francine Smith from American Dad\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Idealistic Child\u003c/strong>: You’re one of those weirdos who never took a break from school, from Kindergarten to your first year of grad school. You forget how soon this insular bubble will pop and you’ll have to start paying back your loans with something you’ve never had and are not qualified for: a job. It hits you a month before graduation and suddenly your face is permanently twisted with fear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2083\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 179px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/05/the-reek-of-grad-school/butters-pic-1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2083\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2083 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Butters-Pic-1-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"Butters from South Park\" width=\"179\" height=\"180\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Butters from South Park\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Snobby Pisser\u003c/strong>: Because you have the gift of dropping impressive and obscure theory at the drop of a hat, and peddling it into show proposals at major museums, you end up with a free ride to a school where everyone else has to take out loans worth more than they will ever make in their lifetimes to attend. You insist on pissing on your school at every opportunity, making everyone who was dumb enough to pay for what you got for free feel like kicking their education down the road like a can full of poop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2089\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 120px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/05/the-reek-of-grad-school/200px-c-bob/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2089\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2089 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/200px-C-bob.png\" alt=\"Sideshow Bob from the Simpsons\" width=\"120\" height=\"214\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sideshow Bob from the Simpsons\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Political Fist Pumper\u003c/strong>: You shame everyone with your work, smugly chastising anyone who does not share your political beliefs. You make everyone feel bad about everything, and it wins you award after award because establishments are all filled with guilt. You never acknowledge the fact that if you were interested in truly changing anything, you would have become an environmental lawyer or something useful instead of back-patter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 144px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/05/the-reek-of-grad-school/americandad_hayley_240x260_091420100101/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2084\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2084 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/americanDad_hayley_240x260_091420100101.jpg\" alt=\"Haley Smith from American Dad\" width=\"144\" height=\"156\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Haley Smith from American Dad\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Hand-Biter\u003c/strong>: You get into grad school knowing the price tag only to complain constantly about the cost, as if someone higher up in academia will say, “You’re right!” and throw money down from the sky for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2085\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 180px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/05/the-reek-of-grad-school/americandad_roger/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2085\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2085 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/AmericanDad_Roger.gif\" alt=\"Roger the Alien from American Dad\" width=\"180\" height=\"120\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roger the Alien from American Dad\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>L'Enfant Terrible\u003c/strong>: Even though you are lucky enough to have a family that pays for you to dick around in art school, you pretend you can still be punk rock in a major institution by literally pissing on the walls of your studio. Sucks to be you, next door neighbor!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2093\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 240px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/05/the-reek-of-grad-school/peter-griffin-outfit/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2093\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2093 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/peter-griffin-outfit-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Griffin from Family Guy\" width=\"240\" height=\"176\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Griffin from Family Guy\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Prince\u003c/strong>: You assume that, since your advisors are being paid to talk to you, everyone else on staff is, too. You delegate to the guards, the janitors, and the receptionist, as if paying for school buys you slaves. You don’t realize that you are paying a fortune to BE the slave to your education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2097\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 178px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/05/the-reek-of-grad-school/mrburns/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2097\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2097 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/MrBurns-297x300.gif\" alt=\"Mr. Burns from the Simpsons\" width=\"178\" height=\"180\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. Burns from the Simpsons\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Friender\u003c/strong>: You forget that almost everyone in your studio is getting paid to talk to you and you won’t quite come to terms with the fact that none of them want to hang out with you when you graduate. 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You forget how soon this insular bubble will pop and you’ll have to start paying back your loans with something you’ve never had and are not qualified for: a job. 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"content": "\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cem>His contagious conviction that our love was unique and desperate infected me with an anxious sickness… \u003c/em>–\u003ca href=\"http://www.litgothic.com/PDFOther/carter_tigers_bride.pdf\">Angela Carter\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/s77/the-bachelor/news/a460203/the-bachelor-week-7-recap-family-meeting-time.html\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2059\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2059\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/cover-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/cover-image.jpg 618w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/cover-image-400x191.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every season he appears, an apparition with the sunset glowing behind him, impervious to his own irrelevance, his dismal world overflowing with menace, melancholy and luxury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> embodies the contradiction of our fear and longing; he's part horror and part romance. At the very core of his haunted psychology \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> is a Gothic spectacle. For hundreds of years the gothic has had countless interpretations and examples, making the genre \u003ca href=\"http://fss.plone.uni-giessen.de/fss/faculties/f05/engl/ginf/downloads/stylesheets/ba-thesis-exemplary/file/Olson_Thesis.pdf\">difficult to neatly pin down\u003c/a>. Yet there are certain \u003ca href=\"http://www.virtualsalt.com/gothic.htm\">classic characteristics\u003c/a> most Gothic stories possess. There’s devious seduction, counterfeit identity, prophecies and indiscretion, to name only a few. Sound familiar?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This tale invokes our terror and \u003ca href=\"http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/telefile/2013/02/burning-love-tv-show-e-web-series-the-bachelor-review.php\">summons our laughter\u003c/a>. Immediately these two reactions place us in the realm of the Gothic The plot, however scripted, is riddled with hidden secrets that threaten our characters as they struggle with increasing awareness of their senseless world, one ultimately about anguish, power, enchantment and submission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>1-WOMEN THREATENED BY A DOMINANT MALE\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>(see also entrapment/imprisonment)\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2053\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 450px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-bachelor/the-bachelor-deleted-scenes-th-49127.aspx\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2053\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-2053 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/leaning-of-balcony.png\" alt=\"Imprisonment!\" width=\"450\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/leaning-of-balcony.png 450w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/leaning-of-balcony-400x252.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trapped on the balcony!\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>We’ll focus on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SeanLowe09\">the most recent bachelor\u003c/a>, a well-adjusted Texan who holds his integrity dear, a man who wants nothing less than the truest of love. He arranges the activities of his various dates to teach the women important lessons about themselves. Though he doesn’t know them yet, he knows they have lessons to learn, most often about relinquishing control, finding their inner strength, or both. Under this guise of adventure-sports, daring and catharsis, he works his magical subjugation and diabolical allure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our 25 damsels undergo physical and emotional isolation, trapped inside a beautiful house, afflicted, awaiting their fate as they vie for one man. The first night of their imprisonment they emerge breathless from limos, eyes apprehensive, gowns sparkling, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sQtDF2Y1SQ\">acrobatics\u003c/a> and antics prepared,\u003ca href=\"http://www.wetpaint.com/the-bachelor/articles/ballsy-lindsay-yenter-wears-a-wedding-dress-bachelor-nation-reacts-on-twitter\"> some already in wedding dresses\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The women’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.realitynation.com/tv-shows/the-bachelor/recap-season-17-week-7/28484/\">images are lined up on a shelf \u003c/a>in the bachelor’s secret, claustrophobic lair where he gazes at them and wrestles with who to cut each week. Those found worthy are rewarded with the menacing question, “Will you accept this rose?” to which their answer must be, “Of course.” And it always is. They’re meant to mutely observe the rituals of their collective courtship with grace. Nearly every woman’s heart is going to be broken, a small price to pay for our bachelor’s not to be. That implicit deal is the cruelty and darkness at the core of our post-post-post-modern Gothic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On rare occasion a particularly brave heroine will opt to \u003ca href=\"http://kiss951.cbslocal.com/2013/01/22/the-bachelor-katie-levans-exposes-secrets/\">send herself home\u003c/a>. Her eyes un-glaze, and she bravely gets up from the sumptuous couch, tells a producer her decision and she’s free to go. Everyone is free to go, after all, at any time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>2-SETTING, OFTEN IN A CASTLE \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>(see also foreboding atmosphere)\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.villadelavina.com/gallery.html\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2054\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-2054\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/bachelor-mansion.jpg\" alt=\"bachelor mansion\" width=\"500\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/bachelor-mansion.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/bachelor-mansion-400x272.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our gothic setting: The Villa de la Vina\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://blog.qualitybath.com/design-inspiration/villa-de-la-vina-aka-the-bachelor-mansion/\">mansion\u003c/a> where the bachelor and his women stay is moodily lit, columned, billowing with vast tiled rooms, swimming pools, hot tubs, fountains, pillows, candles and lanterns. It’s often nighttime there, saturated with a sensual glow and conducive to foreboding cocktail parties. Despite its glamorous façade, the mansion is foreign and threatening, alive with empty, desolate spaces where no one really lives or finds comfort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Women wander around, sometimes falling down the stairs, sometimes leaning from high-up balconies. They tip-toe through secret rooms and around corners only to find the bachelor in a clandestine clutch with one of their foes. They linger upon this discovery or interrupt him with fragile excuses, each scene candlelit and fraught. If not a decline from former splendor, the mansion is certainly a facsimile of true splendor and in that way possesses its own impenetrable sort of horror.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When not in the mansion, the bachelor takes the women to closed-down amusement parks, empty concert halls, rooftops, and \u003ca href=\"http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/tv/2013/02/06/bachelor-recap-sean-lowe-tierra-lacausi-freezing-video/\">remote glaciers\u003c/a>. They dine in vaguely glamorous rooms, cellars, abandoned trailers and Thai beaches, their glasses of wine forever unfinished.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>3-HORROR AND GLOOM \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>(see also prophesies)\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2055\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 441px\">\u003ca href=\"http://donnakauffman.com/wp-content/Sean-and-AshLee-swim-in-cave1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2055\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-2055\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Sean-and-AshLee-swim-in-cave1.jpg\" alt=\"Sean-and-AshLee-swim-in-cave1\" width=\"441\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Sean-and-AshLee-swim-in-cave1.jpg 441w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Sean-and-AshLee-swim-in-cave1-400x365.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trapped in a cave!\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All the women must \u003ca href=\"http://bbachelorblog.wordpress.com/tag/the-bachelor-seans-season/\">face their fears\u003c/a>, scaling or propelling off great heights, admitting their vulnerabilities, partaking in activities that serve as metaphors for the trust necessary in a relationship. One swims with the bachelor through a dark cave, the camera bobbing in the ocean water before them. She's also blindfolded and led through a looming hallway. In this way she demonstrates her total love and he demonstrates his dominance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The women must also explain the origin of their fears with proper levels of passion, setting the stage for the impeccable horror story that will lead to the perfect happy ending. They must portentously relate stories of childhood abandonment, teenage marriage, being born with one arm, watching as their friend is smashed by a tree, living in tents, a father who fought in wars, or a father who attempted suicide. The bachelor listens attentively and thanks them for opening up. He tells little in return. He asks if they're really ready for the life he has in store for them. As he asks one of the women this, lightning literally splinters down on the ocean water at the horizon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The women have never felt this way before, as they do now, beholden to this hypothetical arranged marriage. The bachelor is their soul connection. They were broken before but now they're whole. They can see a life with this man, one of dark caves and one-sided confession, one of being blind-folded and led. They do not question these ominous premonitions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>4-DRAMA/HEIGHTENED EMOTIONS \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>(see also tendency to rant and reflect)\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2056\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 428px\">\u003ca href=\"http://realitysteve.com/2013/02/06/the-bachelor-sean-spoilers-commentary-tierra-no-engagement/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2056\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-2056\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Tierra.png\" alt=\"Tierra\" width=\"428\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Tierra.png 428w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Tierra-400x296.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our villainess with hypothermia.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The women bond or hate one another in narratively essential ways: monologue, dialogue and facial expression cut together with ultimate precision and intent. The villainess appears immediately, and there’s always only one, a dark-haired girl who cannot get along with her rivals. The villainess is forceful, jealous and competitive, someone who doesn’t feel entirely comfortable with this arrangement, one who uses the cameras or lack thereof to her advantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The villainess is essential, but cannot stay forever. Many weeks it’s her drama and power, not the burgeoning romances, that propel the story forward. There's speculation she's kept around for this very reason. She grows famous in the world outside the mansion. She's by far the most interesting (though second to the ones who eliminate themselves). The villainess usually doesn’t get the bachelor’s heart in the end. She tricks him for awhile, until he finally heeds the warnings. On occasion, the villainess ends up with the bachelor and \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/14/bachelor-ben-flajnik-courtney-robertson-had-me-fooled_n_2130726.html\">his fate is sealed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>5-MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>(see also inexplicable or supernatural events)\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2057\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 520px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.realitynation.com/tv-shows/the-bachelor/recap-season-17-week-8/29246/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2057\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-2057\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/sean.jpg\" alt=\"sean\" width=\"520\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/sean.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/sean-400x241.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What Oh What Shall He Decide?!?\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Anyone can fall in love with anyone given the right circumstances and \u003ca href=\"http://harpers.org/blog/2012/10/love-in-the-house/\">a small enough space\u003c/a>. What a mysterious ratio, \u003ca href=\"http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/02/12/the-math-of-love/\">these delicate odds\u003c/a>. True, the women have been pre-screened to his preferences. The independent one is kept despite this irrepressible quality. The one with abandonment issues is kept despite the fact that he will abandon her in the end. It’s a brutal question of who will go. Each cocktail party is smothered by this consuming uncertainty, each woman fighting for her precious moment to explain herself in her entirety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They get all dressed up, gleaming and jeweled, only to be ceremoniously sent away. He pauses forever before he says each name, holding the rose and surveying his women. Does he really not know? Out with it! They look back at him, impassive, gloating, or truly in suspense. When they’re not chosen they react with sorrow and shock, some appeal to him and others are \u003ca href=\"http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2013/02/ashlee-frazier-reaction-to-the-bachelor-elimination-right-or-wro/\">silent as a curse.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only thing crueler than the rose ceremony itself is the “two-on-one” date where one woman is sent home at the end. The bachelor turns to tell her how wonderful she is while the other waits and listens. But she’s not wonderful enough, it turns out. He’s sorry for that and she's sent off into the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>6-DECAY \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>(see also curses and omens)\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 550px\">\u003ca href=\"http://donnakauffman.com/archives/4941\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2058\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-2058 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/crying.jpg\" alt=\"crying\" width=\"550\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/crying.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/crying-400x226.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">He's making a huge mistake...\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The logical world of what’s real threatens these doomed, enchanted few months. Eventually the spell will collapse, the terror averted for all but an unlucky one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Settle down\u003c/em>, he repeats hypnotically and the women nod. They’re ready and they can prove it. They cannot really question him. He isn’t there to be held up to scrutiny. He knows what he wants and the ones he doesn’t want are driven off in limos. Those are my favorite moments, in the limo with those heartbroken girls as they're driven back to civilization, away from the haunted mansion, leaving behind all that sparkling decay and the ominous ghosts of the wives they might’ve been.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A mistake\u003c/em>, they wail mournfully. The limo drives through night on dark, empty roads. In the best instances it’s also raining. “How do you feel?” a producer asks and the scorned women speak into the camera. They’re 24 years old and they’ll never find love like this again. They opened themselves up and this is what happened, they were crushed, ruined. I see the truth through their tears though. They’re relieved. What a near escape. They might’ve actually won. No one really wants to be the winner in this Gothic allegory because everyone knows how dangerous it is to assume a beating heart where there isn’t one.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp align=\"center\">\u003cem>His contagious conviction that our love was unique and desperate infected me with an anxious sickness… \u003c/em>–\u003ca href=\"http://www.litgothic.com/PDFOther/carter_tigers_bride.pdf\">Angela Carter\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/s77/the-bachelor/news/a460203/the-bachelor-week-7-recap-family-meeting-time.html\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2059\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2059\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/cover-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/cover-image.jpg 618w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/cover-image-400x191.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every season he appears, an apparition with the sunset glowing behind him, impervious to his own irrelevance, his dismal world overflowing with menace, melancholy and luxury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> embodies the contradiction of our fear and longing; he's part horror and part romance. At the very core of his haunted psychology \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> is a Gothic spectacle. For hundreds of years the gothic has had countless interpretations and examples, making the genre \u003ca href=\"http://fss.plone.uni-giessen.de/fss/faculties/f05/engl/ginf/downloads/stylesheets/ba-thesis-exemplary/file/Olson_Thesis.pdf\">difficult to neatly pin down\u003c/a>. Yet there are certain \u003ca href=\"http://www.virtualsalt.com/gothic.htm\">classic characteristics\u003c/a> most Gothic stories possess. There’s devious seduction, counterfeit identity, prophecies and indiscretion, to name only a few. Sound familiar?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This tale invokes our terror and \u003ca href=\"http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/telefile/2013/02/burning-love-tv-show-e-web-series-the-bachelor-review.php\">summons our laughter\u003c/a>. Immediately these two reactions place us in the realm of the Gothic The plot, however scripted, is riddled with hidden secrets that threaten our characters as they struggle with increasing awareness of their senseless world, one ultimately about anguish, power, enchantment and submission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>1-WOMEN THREATENED BY A DOMINANT MALE\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>(see also entrapment/imprisonment)\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2053\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 450px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-bachelor/the-bachelor-deleted-scenes-th-49127.aspx\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2053\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-2053 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/leaning-of-balcony.png\" alt=\"Imprisonment!\" width=\"450\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/leaning-of-balcony.png 450w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/leaning-of-balcony-400x252.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trapped on the balcony!\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>We’ll focus on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SeanLowe09\">the most recent bachelor\u003c/a>, a well-adjusted Texan who holds his integrity dear, a man who wants nothing less than the truest of love. He arranges the activities of his various dates to teach the women important lessons about themselves. Though he doesn’t know them yet, he knows they have lessons to learn, most often about relinquishing control, finding their inner strength, or both. Under this guise of adventure-sports, daring and catharsis, he works his magical subjugation and diabolical allure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our 25 damsels undergo physical and emotional isolation, trapped inside a beautiful house, afflicted, awaiting their fate as they vie for one man. The first night of their imprisonment they emerge breathless from limos, eyes apprehensive, gowns sparkling, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sQtDF2Y1SQ\">acrobatics\u003c/a> and antics prepared,\u003ca href=\"http://www.wetpaint.com/the-bachelor/articles/ballsy-lindsay-yenter-wears-a-wedding-dress-bachelor-nation-reacts-on-twitter\"> some already in wedding dresses\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The women’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.realitynation.com/tv-shows/the-bachelor/recap-season-17-week-7/28484/\">images are lined up on a shelf \u003c/a>in the bachelor’s secret, claustrophobic lair where he gazes at them and wrestles with who to cut each week. Those found worthy are rewarded with the menacing question, “Will you accept this rose?” to which their answer must be, “Of course.” And it always is. They’re meant to mutely observe the rituals of their collective courtship with grace. Nearly every woman’s heart is going to be broken, a small price to pay for our bachelor’s not to be. That implicit deal is the cruelty and darkness at the core of our post-post-post-modern Gothic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On rare occasion a particularly brave heroine will opt to \u003ca href=\"http://kiss951.cbslocal.com/2013/01/22/the-bachelor-katie-levans-exposes-secrets/\">send herself home\u003c/a>. Her eyes un-glaze, and she bravely gets up from the sumptuous couch, tells a producer her decision and she’s free to go. Everyone is free to go, after all, at any time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>2-SETTING, OFTEN IN A CASTLE \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>(see also foreboding atmosphere)\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.villadelavina.com/gallery.html\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2054\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-2054\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/bachelor-mansion.jpg\" alt=\"bachelor mansion\" width=\"500\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/bachelor-mansion.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/bachelor-mansion-400x272.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our gothic setting: The Villa de la Vina\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://blog.qualitybath.com/design-inspiration/villa-de-la-vina-aka-the-bachelor-mansion/\">mansion\u003c/a> where the bachelor and his women stay is moodily lit, columned, billowing with vast tiled rooms, swimming pools, hot tubs, fountains, pillows, candles and lanterns. It’s often nighttime there, saturated with a sensual glow and conducive to foreboding cocktail parties. Despite its glamorous façade, the mansion is foreign and threatening, alive with empty, desolate spaces where no one really lives or finds comfort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Women wander around, sometimes falling down the stairs, sometimes leaning from high-up balconies. They tip-toe through secret rooms and around corners only to find the bachelor in a clandestine clutch with one of their foes. They linger upon this discovery or interrupt him with fragile excuses, each scene candlelit and fraught. If not a decline from former splendor, the mansion is certainly a facsimile of true splendor and in that way possesses its own impenetrable sort of horror.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When not in the mansion, the bachelor takes the women to closed-down amusement parks, empty concert halls, rooftops, and \u003ca href=\"http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/tv/2013/02/06/bachelor-recap-sean-lowe-tierra-lacausi-freezing-video/\">remote glaciers\u003c/a>. They dine in vaguely glamorous rooms, cellars, abandoned trailers and Thai beaches, their glasses of wine forever unfinished.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>3-HORROR AND GLOOM \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>(see also prophesies)\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2055\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 441px\">\u003ca href=\"http://donnakauffman.com/wp-content/Sean-and-AshLee-swim-in-cave1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2055\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-2055\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Sean-and-AshLee-swim-in-cave1.jpg\" alt=\"Sean-and-AshLee-swim-in-cave1\" width=\"441\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Sean-and-AshLee-swim-in-cave1.jpg 441w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Sean-and-AshLee-swim-in-cave1-400x365.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trapped in a cave!\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All the women must \u003ca href=\"http://bbachelorblog.wordpress.com/tag/the-bachelor-seans-season/\">face their fears\u003c/a>, scaling or propelling off great heights, admitting their vulnerabilities, partaking in activities that serve as metaphors for the trust necessary in a relationship. One swims with the bachelor through a dark cave, the camera bobbing in the ocean water before them. She's also blindfolded and led through a looming hallway. In this way she demonstrates her total love and he demonstrates his dominance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The women must also explain the origin of their fears with proper levels of passion, setting the stage for the impeccable horror story that will lead to the perfect happy ending. They must portentously relate stories of childhood abandonment, teenage marriage, being born with one arm, watching as their friend is smashed by a tree, living in tents, a father who fought in wars, or a father who attempted suicide. The bachelor listens attentively and thanks them for opening up. He tells little in return. He asks if they're really ready for the life he has in store for them. As he asks one of the women this, lightning literally splinters down on the ocean water at the horizon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The women have never felt this way before, as they do now, beholden to this hypothetical arranged marriage. The bachelor is their soul connection. They were broken before but now they're whole. They can see a life with this man, one of dark caves and one-sided confession, one of being blind-folded and led. They do not question these ominous premonitions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>4-DRAMA/HEIGHTENED EMOTIONS \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>(see also tendency to rant and reflect)\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2056\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 428px\">\u003ca href=\"http://realitysteve.com/2013/02/06/the-bachelor-sean-spoilers-commentary-tierra-no-engagement/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2056\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-2056\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Tierra.png\" alt=\"Tierra\" width=\"428\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Tierra.png 428w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/Tierra-400x296.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our villainess with hypothermia.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The women bond or hate one another in narratively essential ways: monologue, dialogue and facial expression cut together with ultimate precision and intent. The villainess appears immediately, and there’s always only one, a dark-haired girl who cannot get along with her rivals. The villainess is forceful, jealous and competitive, someone who doesn’t feel entirely comfortable with this arrangement, one who uses the cameras or lack thereof to her advantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The villainess is essential, but cannot stay forever. Many weeks it’s her drama and power, not the burgeoning romances, that propel the story forward. There's speculation she's kept around for this very reason. She grows famous in the world outside the mansion. She's by far the most interesting (though second to the ones who eliminate themselves). The villainess usually doesn’t get the bachelor’s heart in the end. She tricks him for awhile, until he finally heeds the warnings. On occasion, the villainess ends up with the bachelor and \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/14/bachelor-ben-flajnik-courtney-robertson-had-me-fooled_n_2130726.html\">his fate is sealed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>5-MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>(see also inexplicable or supernatural events)\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2057\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 520px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.realitynation.com/tv-shows/the-bachelor/recap-season-17-week-8/29246/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2057\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-2057\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/sean.jpg\" alt=\"sean\" width=\"520\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/sean.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/sean-400x241.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What Oh What Shall He Decide?!?\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Anyone can fall in love with anyone given the right circumstances and \u003ca href=\"http://harpers.org/blog/2012/10/love-in-the-house/\">a small enough space\u003c/a>. What a mysterious ratio, \u003ca href=\"http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/02/12/the-math-of-love/\">these delicate odds\u003c/a>. True, the women have been pre-screened to his preferences. The independent one is kept despite this irrepressible quality. The one with abandonment issues is kept despite the fact that he will abandon her in the end. It’s a brutal question of who will go. Each cocktail party is smothered by this consuming uncertainty, each woman fighting for her precious moment to explain herself in her entirety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They get all dressed up, gleaming and jeweled, only to be ceremoniously sent away. He pauses forever before he says each name, holding the rose and surveying his women. Does he really not know? Out with it! They look back at him, impassive, gloating, or truly in suspense. When they’re not chosen they react with sorrow and shock, some appeal to him and others are \u003ca href=\"http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2013/02/ashlee-frazier-reaction-to-the-bachelor-elimination-right-or-wro/\">silent as a curse.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only thing crueler than the rose ceremony itself is the “two-on-one” date where one woman is sent home at the end. The bachelor turns to tell her how wonderful she is while the other waits and listens. But she’s not wonderful enough, it turns out. He’s sorry for that and she's sent off into the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>6-DECAY \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>(see also curses and omens)\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 550px\">\u003ca href=\"http://donnakauffman.com/archives/4941\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2058\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-2058 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/crying.jpg\" alt=\"crying\" width=\"550\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/crying.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/crying-400x226.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">He's making a huge mistake...\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The logical world of what’s real threatens these doomed, enchanted few months. Eventually the spell will collapse, the terror averted for all but an unlucky one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Settle down\u003c/em>, he repeats hypnotically and the women nod. They’re ready and they can prove it. They cannot really question him. He isn’t there to be held up to scrutiny. He knows what he wants and the ones he doesn’t want are driven off in limos. Those are my favorite moments, in the limo with those heartbroken girls as they're driven back to civilization, away from the haunted mansion, leaving behind all that sparkling decay and the ominous ghosts of the wives they might’ve been.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"disqusTitle": "Is Kim Kardashian and Kanye's Baby A Harbinger of the Apocalypse?",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_2031\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1637px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/denver-nuggets-v-los-angeles-lakers-game-seven/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2031\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-2031\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/KanyeDashian.jpg\" alt=\"Denver Nuggets v Los Angeles Lakers - Game Seven\" width=\"1637\" height=\"1112\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/KanyeDashian.jpg 2729w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/KanyeDashian-400x271.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/KanyeDashian-800x543.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/03/KanyeDashian-1440x977.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1637px) 100vw, 1637px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim and Kanye at the Staples Center/Getty\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You guys, celebutant lives when viewed as sociological texts are REALLY INTERESTING. For example: What does our obsession with Kim Kardashian, her relationship with Kanye West, and their unborn baby say about us as a culture?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 126px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/kanyeti-mask/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1948\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/kanyeti-mask-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"kanyeti-mask\" width=\"126\" height=\"126\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ye x Margiela serving owl realness\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 140px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/kanye-diamonds-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1963\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/kanye-diamonds1.jpg\" alt=\"kanye-diamonds\" width=\"140\" height=\"127\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ye x Margiela serving diamond realness\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kanye \u003ca href=\"http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/12/kanye_west_wore.html\">announced the pregnancy\u003c/a> to a few thousand fans onstage at a concert back in December, during which he also wore some insanely arty masks by \u003ca href=\"http://www.maisonmartinmargiela.com/\">Martin Margiella\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In case you’ve already forgotten, some people interpreted an old Mayan calendar to mean that the end of the world was supposed to come back on December 21\u003csup>st\u003c/sup>, 2012, and lots of other people believed it and were preparing for impending doom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “Kimye” baby announcement came days after the apocalypse did not actually occur, and resulted in a lot of \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24F0m89SvOI\">people\u003c/a> on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/64422/the-kimye-baby-sign-of-the-apocalypse-or-dawning-of-the-age-of-aquarius\">internet wondering\u003c/a> if the apocalypse was indeed, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mamapop.com/2012/12/the-apocalypse-is-back-on-kim-kardashian-is-having-kanyes-baby.html\">back on\u003c/a> .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/12/kim-kardashian-and-kanye-west-are-having-baby/60443/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1951\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1951\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/kimye_apocolypse_comments_1-300x227.png\" alt=\"kimye_apocolypse_comments_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/737472_4792268400347_1180728799_o/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1956\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1956\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/737472_4792268400347_1180728799_o-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"737472_4792268400347_1180728799_o\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, obviously, apocalypse was in the air, so it’s not 100% random that this association would arise, but I found myself wondering, “Why do people associate this baby with End Times?” I mean, in the same news cycle we had people in Pakistan being killed by American robot-planes and a young woman being gang-raped in New Dehli -- but the Kimye baby was the harbinger of the destruction of mankind?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ok, I get it, that other stuff is too serious to joke about, and really \u003cem>does \u003c/em>make people feel like the world is ending which is why we distract ourselves by making hyper-sarcastic jokes about things like the Kimye baby. But still, bad-news fatigue is not a full explanation for the extremely high correlation between this pregnancy and apocalypse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a proud \u003ca href=\"http://nyupress.org/books/book-details.aspx?bookId=9240#.US-T6usR1M4\">critical-race-feminist\u003c/a> who is totally not buying post-racial-anything, I wondered if this was about race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim K is Armenian and has a racially ambiguous appearance. Racially ambiguous people make Americans nervous because we are taught to judge everyone by perceived race so we have a hard time knowing what to think and how to act in relation to a person if we can't place them racially. (Also, please, if you feel rage surging and are about to post something in the comments about how you don’t SEE race and this is totally NOT true about anyone except Klansmen, please see my earlier comment re: totally not buying post-racial-anything).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kanye is a black man, who despite being a crossover darling beloved by the fashion elite, is never read by anyone as anything other than a black man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think the way people react to their pairing says a lot about the different ways we perceive race in our culture. In an interview with Kim and her sister Khloe, which I will not link to here because it is NSFW, Howard Stern inferred that he sees Kim Kardashian as a white woman by talking about what a big deal it is that she mostly dates black guys. But a lot of people aren’t so sure about Kim’s race. Some people are wondering if Kim K is black. I know this because of Google Search auto-complete:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/is_kim_k_black/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1945\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1945\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/is_kim_k_black-1024x463.png\" alt=\"is_kim_k_black?\" width=\"1024\" height=\"463\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For people who read Kim K as black, she’s not in an interracial relationship. Is one of the reasons some people think Kim K is black because she dates black men? I mean, to be totally honest, I assumed \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=amber+rose+and+kanye&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=l5EvUa22BerVyAHo0IG4DA&sqi=2&ved=0CDAQsAQ&biw=1301&bih=650\">Amber Rose \u003c/a>was black when she was dating Kanye, and I assumed it because Kanye is black, because her aesthetic is hip-hop, and because of her body type. Which is SO DUMB because I am a black girl with a non-stereotypical black-girl body type, so I should know better than to think there is even such a thing as a black body type! What kind of critical-race-feminist am I, running around projecting an identity onto someone based on racialized, sexist narratives? The kind that isn’t too proud to admit that when I saw images of Kim K for the first time on the landing page at \u003ca href=\"www.bossip.com\">Bossip\u003c/a> I opened a new tab and Googled “Is Kim Kardashian black?” We all gotta start somewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people are wondering if Kim K is white:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/is_kim_k_white/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1946\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1946\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/is_kim_k_white-1024x905.png\" alt=\"is_kim_k_white?\" width=\"1024\" height=\"905\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And some people are just wondering in general about Kim K’s race:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/kim_k_racetraitor/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1949\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1949\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/kim_k_racetraitor-1024x225.png\" alt=\"kim_k_racetraitor\" width=\"1024\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of special note is the “Kim Kardashian race traitor” auto-complete, reminding us once again that racism and misogyny go together like peas and carrots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This whole “race traitor” business is what made me wonder if people see the Kimye spawn as the antichrist because they see it, consciously or unconsciously, as the Worst Miscegenation Ever. 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As a friend of mine put it, “That baby will pop out looking at itself in a mirror and demanding to be rinsed off with bottles of Voss water.” Another friend’s reaction was, “Oh. Kim’s giving birth to a new cast member.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/kimye_baby_1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1952\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1952\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/kimye_baby_1-1018x1024.png\" alt=\"kimye_baby_1\" width=\"367\" height=\"368\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED, what do you think? What does our obsession with this couple and their progeny say about us as a culture? Have you ever found yourself Googling “what race is [insert celbrity here]?” Let us know in the comments!\u003c/p>\n\n",
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But still, bad-news fatigue is not a full explanation for the extremely high correlation between this pregnancy and apocalypse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a proud \u003ca href=\"http://nyupress.org/books/book-details.aspx?bookId=9240#.US-T6usR1M4\">critical-race-feminist\u003c/a> who is totally not buying post-racial-anything, I wondered if this was about race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim K is Armenian and has a racially ambiguous appearance. Racially ambiguous people make Americans nervous because we are taught to judge everyone by perceived race so we have a hard time knowing what to think and how to act in relation to a person if we can't place them racially. (Also, please, if you feel rage surging and are about to post something in the comments about how you don’t SEE race and this is totally NOT true about anyone except Klansmen, please see my earlier comment re: totally not buying post-racial-anything).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kanye is a black man, who despite being a crossover darling beloved by the fashion elite, is never read by anyone as anything other than a black man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think the way people react to their pairing says a lot about the different ways we perceive race in our culture. In an interview with Kim and her sister Khloe, which I will not link to here because it is NSFW, Howard Stern inferred that he sees Kim Kardashian as a white woman by talking about what a big deal it is that she mostly dates black guys. But a lot of people aren’t so sure about Kim’s race. Some people are wondering if Kim K is black. I know this because of Google Search auto-complete:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/is_kim_k_black/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1945\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1945\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/is_kim_k_black-1024x463.png\" alt=\"is_kim_k_black?\" width=\"1024\" height=\"463\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For people who read Kim K as black, she’s not in an interracial relationship. Is one of the reasons some people think Kim K is black because she dates black men? I mean, to be totally honest, I assumed \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=amber+rose+and+kanye&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=l5EvUa22BerVyAHo0IG4DA&sqi=2&ved=0CDAQsAQ&biw=1301&bih=650\">Amber Rose \u003c/a>was black when she was dating Kanye, and I assumed it because Kanye is black, because her aesthetic is hip-hop, and because of her body type. Which is SO DUMB because I am a black girl with a non-stereotypical black-girl body type, so I should know better than to think there is even such a thing as a black body type! What kind of critical-race-feminist am I, running around projecting an identity onto someone based on racialized, sexist narratives? The kind that isn’t too proud to admit that when I saw images of Kim K for the first time on the landing page at \u003ca href=\"www.bossip.com\">Bossip\u003c/a> I opened a new tab and Googled “Is Kim Kardashian black?” We all gotta start somewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people are wondering if Kim K is white:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/is_kim_k_white/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1946\">\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1946\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/is_kim_k_white-1024x905.png\" alt=\"is_kim_k_white?\" width=\"1024\" height=\"905\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And some people are just wondering in general about Kim K’s race:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/kim_k_racetraitor/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1949\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1949\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/kim_k_racetraitor-1024x225.png\" alt=\"kim_k_racetraitor\" width=\"1024\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of special note is the “Kim Kardashian race traitor” auto-complete, reminding us once again that racism and misogyny go together like peas and carrots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This whole “race traitor” business is what made me wonder if people see the Kimye spawn as the antichrist because they see it, consciously or unconsciously, as the Worst Miscegenation Ever. OMG! That black guy who was really mean to Taylor Swift got a white girl pregnant! IT MUST BE THE END OF THE WORLD!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think this idea can operate even for people who sort of think of Kim as black or not-white. Since the passing of his Majesty Michael Jackson, Kim K has been bearing the “I embody everyone’s ideas of whiteness and everyone’s ideas of blackness at the same time” mantle, albeit far less gracefully.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All that said, just because I’m not buying post-racial-anything doesn’t mean I subscribe to the idea of all-racial-everything. The widespread fear of Kimye-baby-induced-Rapture probably had more to do with the fact that these two people are essentially the ripe tainted fruit of a shallow, consumerist, love-to-hate our celebrities culture and people just can’t believe it's \u003cem>come\u003c/em> to this, than with racial panic. As a friend of mine put it, “That baby will pop out looking at itself in a mirror and demanding to be rinsed off with bottles of Voss water.” Another friend’s reaction was, “Oh. Kim’s giving birth to a new cast member.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/03/01/kim-kardashian-and-kanyes-baby-a-harbinger-of-the-apocalypse/kimye_baby_1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1952\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1952\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/kimye_baby_1-1018x1024.png\" alt=\"kimye_baby_1\" width=\"367\" height=\"368\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED, what do you think? What does our obsession with this couple and their progeny say about us as a culture? Have you ever found yourself Googling “what race is [insert celbrity here]?” Let us know in the comments!\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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You can really live. You can change. And you can be an agent of change.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just a few minutes into the pilot of HBO’s brilliant \u003cem>Enlightened\u003c/em>, we hear the calming voiceover of Amy Jellicoe—played ferociously by Laura Dern—announce what could be the mission statement of the show. She has hope. She can change. People can change. We can change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re lucky, you have at least one friend who has recommended this show to you. Like \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%E2%80%93hate_relationship\">\u003cem>Girls\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, \u003cem>Enlightened\u003c/em> is polarizing. Its main character Amy is a hard pill to swallow. She is a post-nervous breakdown do-gooder who, after a summer spent in spiritual rebirth, has reentered the same workforce that caused her trauma, only to be demoted from a top-floor, high-level “health and beauty” buyer to a basement data entry robot. She is self-involved and selfish, and her interactions with other humans are uncomfortable to watch, but her heart is almost where it should be and her intentions almost good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After one wildly unpopular (but gold to those who watched) season, HBO decided to give it \u003ca href=\"http://www.salon.com/2011/12/13/dear_hbo_renew_enlightened/\">another shot\u003c/a>. And now here we are at the finish of season two, one episode away from what could be the end of the show entirely. While last season laid the groundwork for its characters, season two finds Amy on the verge of exposing the wrongdoings of her company, \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaddon\">Abaddonn\u003c/a> Industries. With no word from HBO on renewal, \u003cem>Enlightened\u003c/em> fans should be sending all the \u003ca href=\"http://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/tv-and-culture/10-protests-that-saved-tv-shows8.htm\">light bulbs\u003c/a> they own to the titan television network demanding a third season. It is imperative, almost urgent the show stays on the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>“I’m speaking in my true voice now, without bitterness or fear. And I’m here to tell you, you can walk out of hell and into the light.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amy’s basement office is cold and the duties of her position are unclear but definitely have something to do with numbers and crunching them. She is surrounded by what look like 1980s super computers that fill entire rooms with wires and buttons, and cartoonishly so. Her coworkers, who include writer and co-creator Mike White, are bland and defenseless. Meanwhile Amy strolls in each day clad in hippie-chic and delivers vibrant greetings. Her new work environment mirrors her internal struggle, the starting over from the bottom. The new Amy is looking to shed the shell of her former self.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not all at once. These things take time. You’re allowed to dance in limbo for a bit. In an \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2011/10/10/140950031/hbos-enlightened-take-on-modern-meditation\">interview\u003c/a> on \u003cem>Fresh Air\u003c/em>, Terry Gross discusses how Mike White has the great advantage of working in the television medium. Where a movie gives you two hours and a song just a few minutes, a television show can give you one or two, and hopefully three or more seasons of time to take a character on a truly metamorphic adventure. \u003cem>Breaking Bad\u003c/em>’s Walter White comes to mind almost immediately. 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But NBC is only looking out for its bottom line. Beloved as they are by critics and cult fandoms, \u003cem>30 Rock\u003c/em> and\u003cem> Community\u003c/em>, as well as \u003cem>Parks and Recreation,\u003c/em> have gone ignored by a significant amount of the general public. Why is that? You can pat yourself on the back all you want and say these shows are too witty and fast-paced for dumb ol’ regular folks, but are they really? \u003cem>Community \u003c/em>and \u003cem>30 Rock\u003c/em> whip back and forth between scenes at the same rate as popular cartoons like \u003cem>The Simpsons\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Family Guy\u003c/em>, and \u003cem>Parks and Recreation\u003c/em> is shot and edited exactly like the vastly more popular \u003cem>The Office\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And hear me out on this one: are the jokes that much \u003cem>cleverer\u003c/em>, per se, on \u003cem>Parks \u003c/em>than \u003cem>Men\u003c/em>? Sitcom jokes are sitcom jokes. 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Something happened around the Golden Globes when the culture turned against the actress. That first major win of the awards season settled it: her excitement at her victory and laundry list of thank you acknowledgements made us see her as an \u003ca href=\"http://www.hollywood.com/news/celebrities/55000498/why-do-people-hate-anne-hathaway?page=1\" target=\"_blank\">over eager teacher’s pet\u003c/a> that was out to make the rest of us look bad. I’m saying this equally to both sexes so listen up guys that complain about her haircut making her less “bang-able” and girls that vaguely have some feeling that she’s kind of stuck-up. Why can’t we be happy for her when she was so recently in our collective good graces?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/louispeitzman/why-do-people-hate-anne-hathaway\" target=\"_blank\">snark on the blogosphere\u003c/a> has been epic with each win, culminating Sunday night at the Academy Awards when she took home the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance in \u003cem>Les Miserable\u003c/em>. The complaints all season that her acceptance speeches were too earnest and gushy continued as did the criticism that she was too \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Ali_Star/statuses/295772991399292928\" target=\"_blank\">\"actressy”\u003c/a> and overeager. No wonder there’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/anne-hathaway-practiced-her-oscar-speech-a-lot-to-be-more-likable-2013262\" target=\"_blank\">rumors she practiced the speech\u003c/a> in the days leading up to the ceremony. It wasn’t the most polished speech of the night but was the universal eye roll on Twitter to her remarks (even the reference to the tragedy of prostitution) really necessary? Even her BREATHING was critiqued as being asthmatic and labored. Then there were the wardrobe critiques. On the topic of her pink Prada gown I'll be the first to say it: the dress had problems. I don’t know if those were actually darts making an unfortunately nippular effect on her dress like the official story goes or an unexpected Beverly Hills cold front as was speculated but let’s put the blame on the stylist where it belongs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nastiness over the unfortunate effect was one of the evening’s social media low points. What is this moment in our culture where we seem to be universally gunning for an actress we’ve kept employed in films for a decade? Remember how we all rushed to her defense after the James Franco hosting debacle at the Academy Awards two years ago? We enjoyed her as recently as the summer when she was restoring our vision of Catwoman in \u003cem>The Dark Knight Rises\u003c/em>, what happened?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is it the Best Supporting Actress Curse? It has been noted, for certain winners, the Best Supporting Actress Oscar brings an ill career wind. Sure, the Cate Blanchetts and Judi Denchs don’t seem to have suffered but for every Penelope Cruz there’s a Marissa Tomei whose career stalled for much of the '90s after a backlash against her win for \u003cem>My Cousin Vinnie\u003c/em>. There’s also Mira Sorvino, last seen on Lifetime, and speaking of “last seen” where did Melissa Leo and her maligned potty-mouth go? Let’s not forgot Mo’Nique (although feature films seem to) and other than those Weight Watchers commercials, her song from \u003cem>Dreamgirls\u003c/em> on Sunday was the first time we’ve seen Jennifer Hudson in a while. With her win seen as an inevitability, did the bad best supporting actress juju hit early?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the years we’ve watched Hathaway make the transition from Disney royalty in the \u003cem>Princess Diaries\u003c/em> movies to an actress entrusted with prestige projects. There was no snark when she was nominated in 2009 for Best Actress for her performance in \u003cem>Rachel Getting Married\u003c/em> but Rachel was a small independent feature with a relatively low profile. Besides, in 2009 Hathaway was seen as a long-shot against winner Kate Winslet in \u003cem>The Reader\u003c/em>; it’s easy to be happy for someone you’re pretty sure isn’t going to win. Has the Everygirl’s success alienated her? Since Anne Hathaway came to us first in the guise of a high school girl perhaps we see her in the same light as our high school friends: we want her to be happy, but not too happy. It’s okay if she’s successful but she shouldn’t be so successful that our faces are rubbed in it. There’s nothing wrong with the kid voted “most likely to succeed” fulfilling that prophecy but it sure does piss us off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some are complaining of Hathaway Fatigue due to overexposure. She has had a benchmark year between \u003cem>The Dark Knight Rises\u003c/em>, her autumn wedding, \u003cem>Les Miserables\u003c/em> and her near sweep of award season and yet she seems no more exposed than best actress winner Jennifer Lawrence, who’s also starring in two blockbuster franchises (the \u003cem>X-Men\u003c/em> reboot and \u003cem>The Hunger Games\u003c/em>) in addition to her role in \u003cem>Silver Linings Playbook\u003c/em>. Hathaway’s media presence is hardly Kardashian in scale; before we complain about her very real accomplishments making news, can’t we think first of anyone on a show with Housewives in the title? Speaking of Lawrence, she and Hathaway have had almost polar opposite experiences with the fans this award season. Lawrence is seen as casual and good humored in her red carpet persona and acceptance speeches: Hathaway is damned if she seems surprised and damned if she seems too rehearsed. Lawrence’s \u003ca href=\"http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/01/16/jennifer-lawrence-i-beat-meryl/\" target=\"_blank\">“I beat Meryl”\u003c/a> comment at the Golden Globes went by mostly without critique (although it struck us as one of the evening’s less gracious moments): Hathaway’s “it came true” remark on Sunday was seen as cutesy and another sign of the actress’s artificiality. In the award season dynamic Lawrence got to play the girl we love to love: Hathaway was cast as the girl we love to loathe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s one of the uglier parts of the American cycle: building to tear down. Hathaway has been accused of having a quality of needing to win approval and be liked: do we need to deny her that approval as payback for her success? Whether she succumbs to any best supporting actress curse or our collective schadenfreude remains to be seen. What is known is that our griping will not take away any of her accomplishments of this past year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever unnameable quality of annoyance we’ve found in her was not shared by her peers in Hollywood who rewarded her work. Guys, her hair will grow out and girls, if she seems a little stuck up maybe it’s because she just won an Oscar, not a Twitter war. No matter how many people complain that her shock when her name was called by Christopher Plummer as best supporting actress on Sunday looked fake she still gets to keep her Oscar. I promise you: you’ll get over being mad at her for those reasons you can’t quite explain. Anne Hathaway will continue to work and you’ll find someone else to be the object of your snark. We will get over our Hathaway hate when another target presents itself.\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/27/whats-our-problem-with-anne-hathaway/2013-acting-winners/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1905\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, you may love Jennifer Lawrence this award season but what are you going to do in a year when she starts to seem a little too big for her britches?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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How unusual and intimate to spend so many hours staring at someone's face, from this angle and that, without ever looking away as we would in real life. The constant casual discussion of celebrities is a shorthand that increases feelings of familiarity too. I've been talking to people about Paul Rudd for the last few days because of this article, and when he \u003ca href=\"http://www.justjared.com/tags/julie-yaeger/\">appeared on the Oscar's\u003c/a> Sunday night, I nearly lost it. The beard! The rumpled tuxedo! What's my friend doing at the Oscar's?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This isn’t my dissertation, but it’s safe to say things are getting a bit pathological if you think the soap star playing the doctor can give you medical advice or that \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6XGUhzfutc\">no real man will ever live up to the one in the romantic comedy\u003c/a> (and people do take it that far). 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My parasocial journey with Paul probably started innocently enough with \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3GCvl3RQzo\">\u003cem>Clueless\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and then sat around dormant for years. After reviewing his IMDB, it turns out I’ve seen more of his movies than I would've thought (\u003cem>Role\u003c/em> Models!, \u003cem>I Love You, Man\u003c/em>!). I think the whole thing snuck up on me though. I’m as amused and charmed by him as I would be seeing a dear friend \u003ca href=\"http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f82f71c80d/paul-rudd-talks-dirty\">join a hippie cult\u003c/a>, or explore the sadness and \u003ca href=\"http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/b16c5e76d4/this-is-40-bloopers\">hijinks of middle age\u003c/a>. I’m inordinately pleased by his \u003ca href=\"http://www.redbalcony.com/?vid=23764\">SNL\u003c/a>, Funny or Die and Tim & Eric skits, not to mention his turn as \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meXfh69ZLZg\">Mike Hannigan\u003c/a> on \u003cem>Friends\u003c/em> (the mere thought of which has me laughing out loud as I write this…seriously, what’s wrong with me?). I'm even drawn to him when he isn’t being totally hilarious, when \u003ca href=\"http://rookiemag.com/2012/01/ask-a-grown-man-2/\">he's giving advice to teenage girls\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/7-minutes-in-heaven-paul-rudd/n28643/\">hanging out in a closet with some guy\u003c/a>. I can only credit the strength of my mostly reasonable intellect with just barely overriding the warm feelings I experience when I see him acting like someone's idiot brother, or posing \u003ca href=\"http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa263/murderlegendre/New%20Album/paul_rudd.jpg\">in jokingly seductive photo shoots\u003c/a>. And if I’d known he was \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/20/paul-rudd-grace_n_2164613.html\">in a Broadway play\u003c/a>, well, I might have tried to figure out a way to see that.\u003cbr>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/XWX4GUYGQXQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/XWX4GUYGQXQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Countless PhD students have written \u003ca href=\"http://people.wcsu.edu/mccarneyh/acad/Camella.html\">their dissertations\u003c/a> on the phenomenon of parasocial relationships and I’m embarrassed to say apparently I’m a textbook case. The formation of these bonds has to do with factors too varied and complex to fully explore here. These include how many hours are spent viewing, the comfort of the celebrity’s persona and their assimilation into our lives through their work and general cultural presence. There are myriad film and television techniques that create bonds without us even noticing. How unusual and intimate to spend so many hours staring at someone's face, from this angle and that, without ever looking away as we would in real life. The constant casual discussion of celebrities is a shorthand that increases feelings of familiarity too. I've been talking to people about Paul Rudd for the last few days because of this article, and when he \u003ca href=\"http://www.justjared.com/tags/julie-yaeger/\">appeared on the Oscar's\u003c/a> Sunday night, I nearly lost it. The beard! The rumpled tuxedo! What's my friend doing at the Oscar's?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This isn’t my dissertation, but it’s safe to say things are getting a bit pathological if you think the soap star playing the doctor can give you medical advice or that \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6XGUhzfutc\">no real man will ever live up to the one in the romantic comedy\u003c/a> (and people do take it that far). But it’s also safe to say that most of us operate somewhere more reasonable, but definitely \u003cem>somewhere\u003c/em>, within this spectrum of one-sided familiarity. These confusions are perhaps unavoidable, not so much a sign of one person’s fragile, overactive psyche as they are a by-product of being inundated and compelled by stories that are so often creating idealized, relatable, or serialized worlds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an informal and unscientifically conducted poll I’ve encountered the following data:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-Someone who is mad at Justin Bieber for \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2270735/Selena-Gomez-hints-possible-Justin-Bieber-break-song-takes-studio.html\">how it all went down with Selena Gomez\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-Someone who thinks she might have been the one who could’ve given the right sort of tough love to \u003ca href=\"http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88v/kerouac-technique.html\">Jack Kerouac\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-Someone drawn to \u003ca href=\"http://hollywoodeastconnection.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/burnnotice-thumb-570x390-2590.jpg\">spies\u003c/a> who know how to feign weakness but ultimately triumph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-Someone who became an extra in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkjtGovd-nw\">James Franco film\u003c/a> because she felt sure they’d have a connection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-Someone sure that she and \u003ca href=\"http://shechive.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/celeb-rundown-36.jpg\">Mindy Kaling\u003c/a> would have an amazing time hanging out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-110098\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/Paul-Rudd-Oh-OK.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>So Paul and I are not the only ones who have this intimacy at a distance, which makes me feel better. Our parasocial relationships speak to the qualities in others that appeal and resonate in revealing ways. We form impressions of celebrities like we do with anyone else. \u003ca href=\"http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/6428/Attachment-to-Media-Characters.html\">Empathy plays an interesting role\u003c/a> in these relationships too, with those of us who display stronger feelings of empathy often creating stronger parasocial bonds as well. Empathy is what truly involves us in stories, and in the lives of other people, fictional and not. So it makes sense that the inclination toward parasocial connection actually makes stories better, more urgent and more engaging. On a fundamental level we care more when we're connected more and vice versa. It’s an intriguing and particular human tendency to identify so strongly with what we see in these total strangers and the stories around them. We entangle ourselves, emotionally and psychologically, in our attraction and identification, in our desire to relate and empathize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/626177adb2/paul-rudd-pitches-harvey-weinstein\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The notion of the parasocial suggests that people are not just passive viewers. We really do seek out what speaks to us, yet we also have a profound inability and unwillingness to acknowledge the media's influence on us at the same time. I definitely feel that duality. I tell people about my BFF Paul Rudd with high levels of self-deprecation, irony and disclaimers. Because it doesn’t count if I’m aware of it, right? But it also happened without me being aware of it. And at the end of the day, I really do feel it. That’s the confession, the psychology, the fascination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Here's a rundown of the moments that were able to distract me from my three hour Seth McFarland-related eye-rolling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1. Let's just get the big one out of the way: \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/wIkHhaUYTMQ\">THE FALL starring Jennifer Lawrence\u003c/a>. You've probably rewatched that oops! moment at least twice so let's use this space to focus on what we didn't see during the telecast: both Bradley Cooper and Hugh Jackman rushing to her aid. Chivalry lives!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 245px\">\u003ca href=\"http://dream-big-crazy-dreams.tumblr.com/post/44019227820/hugh-jackman-and-bradley-cooper-running-to-help\">\u003cimg src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/d282209faef0f0f96e3904a8033a715b/tumblr_mish3mF4Iz1qzak4wo1_250.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"185\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tumblr\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003ca href=\"http://bones-castle.tumblr.com/post/44064543943/jaytraponit-best-gif-ever\">\u003cimg class=\" \" src=\"http://media.tumblr.com/df71bafba6e137d957af5572cc057358/tumblr_inline_misgrlprnR1qz4rgp.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"160\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tumblr\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>2. How do you solve a problem like Renee Zellweger? We don't see much of her these days (maybe 'cause she's busy \u003ca href=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7jzpuczw81qk39rbo1_500.jpg\">shilling lemon sour candy\u003c/a>), but she emerged from the shadows last night to bring awareness to pre-gaming too hard before a work function.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>BEFORE:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://lawlschool-adventures.tumblr.com/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/c7a4f24a3a22b55e5f6faf91feb8aab1/tumblr_miq0yj3ycm1r63zy0o1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"247\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tumblr\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>AFTER:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://abs0luteb4stard.tumblr.com/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/005620b590d29ee44393c82eabcda091/tumblr_mirh0yIuzg1s0u7vwo2_400.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"220\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tumblr\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>3. It didn't quite feel like the Oscars until the godmother of celluloid, Meryl Streep, graced the stage. Despite having nothing to do with \u003cem>Lincoln\u003c/em>, Daniel Day Lewis spent quite some time working her into his acceptance speech (\u003ca href=\"http://jezebel.com/5985613/oscar-winners-thank-meryl-streep-more-than-they-thank-god\">apparently winners have a history of thanking her more than that dude upstairs\u003c/a>). But let's rewind a little to when she skipped the whole this-envelope-is-super-hard-to-open bit and just blurted out who won. Did she even read what was inside or just decide who should win on her own? The answer is it doesn't matter. Meryl doesn't abide by rules, she makes them, and rule #1 is she can do whatever she wants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://imdavidcohen.tumblr.com/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://media.tumblr.com/86373c7c790b548e832812bfc7d9416d/tumblr_inline_mirxmqNmSm1qz4rgp.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tumblr\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>4. Speaking of the trouble with envelopes, a couple people didn't have the easiest time with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"http://video.vulture.com/video/Mission-Impossible-Envelopes-At/player?layout=compact&read_more=1\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"416\" height=\"322\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>5. 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