Joss Whedon and Mark Harris: Getting art and commerce to finally hook up
This weekend at the Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns at Wesleyan University, I was lucky enough to hear from some of the biggest movers and shakers in the entertainment business. The weekend kicked off with Mark Harris, critic and author, who spoke about the need for both the producers and the consumers of media to [...]
June 1, 2009
• Tags: Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Consumers, Critique, Dollhouse, Email, Entertainment Business, Entertainment Industry, Film Content, Flight Of The Conchords, hulu, Human Concerns, joss whedon, Mark Harris, Movers And Shakers, Netflix, Participatory, Pop Culture, Producers, The Office, Wesleyan University • Posted in: News, Views • 1 Comment
Movies, TV and Finding Your “Strange”
I’m about to go get a good night of sleep before the last day of the Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns, a weekend seminar at Wesleyan University that has a completely different theme every year, and draws a wide variety of speakers to the campus. This year the theme is “Defining American Culture: How Movies [...]
May 31, 2009
• Tags: American Culture, American Movies, American Tv, Art And Commerce, Career Trajectory, Culture Critic, Film Critic, Human Concerns, joss whedon, Mark Harris, Media Art, Movies And Tv, Movies Tv, Pop Culture, Shasha Seminar, Sleep, Speakers, Strange, Weekend Seminar, Wesleyan University, Words Of Advice • Posted in: Tips • Comments Off
