Trope Talk: White Man’s Burden

SaraJanuary 28, 2016

After the Oscar nominations were announced, and with the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite beginning to trend once again for the second year in a row, I found myself reeli...

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Trope Talk: Edgar Wright’s Romance with Pop Culture – and His Love of Love

SaraFebruary 18, 2015

Trope Talk is my way of dishing out and breaking down the timeless and the tiresome of cinema’s most recognizable tropes, archetypes and formulas. When we thi...

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Trope Talk: Let’s Go To Space?

SaraNovember 28, 2014

Trope Talk is my way of dishing out and breaking down the timeless and the tiresome of cinema’s most recognizable tropes, archetypes and formulas. This month,...

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Trope Talk: Expectations and Vertigo – When Tropes Trip Us Up

SaraOctober 31, 2014

Trope Talk is my way of dishing out and breaking down the timeless and the tiresome of cinema’s most recognizable tropes, archetypes and formulas. This month,...

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Trope Talk: Quentin Tarantino— Genre Pastiche and Director as Genre

SaraAugust 26, 2014

Trope Talk is my way of dishing out and breaking down the timeless and the tiresome of cinema’s most recognizable tropes, archetypes and formulas. This month,...

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Trope Talk: Summer, Spielberg and Success— Exploring What Makes a “Good” Blockbuster

SaraJuly 29, 2014

Trope Talk is my way of dishing out and breaking down the timeless and the tiresome of cinema’s most recognizable tropes, archetypes and formulas. Inspired pa...

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Trope Talk: The Trouble with Pregnancy Comedies

SaraJune 10, 2014

Trope Talk is my way of dishing out and breaking down the timeless and the tiresome of cinema’s most recognizable tropes, archetypes and formulas. This month,...

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Trope Talk: Zombie Tropes Reimagined in 28 Days Later…

SaraMay 24, 2014

Trope Talk is my way of dishing out and breaking down the timeless and the tiresome of cinema’s most recognizable tropes, archetypes and formulas. This month,...

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Trope Talk: College Movies

SaraApril 26, 2014

Trope Talk is my way of dishing out and breaking down the timeless and the tiresome of cinema’s most recognizable tropes, archetypes and formulas. In this edi...

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Trope Talk: What If Wes Anderson Really Did Make a Horror Movie?

SaraMarch 4, 2014

Trope Talk is my way of dishing out and breaking down the timeless and the tiresome of cinema’s most recognizable tropes, archetypes and formulas. This month,...

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Trope Talk: David Fincher’s Blue and Yellow World

SaraFebruary 4, 2014

Trope Talk is my way of dishing out and breaking down the timeless and the tiresome of cinema’s most recognizable tropes, archetypes and formulas. In honor of...

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