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And now for something completely different?
I think it's pretty cool to have your work cited in a dissertation. Given the specific citations to the LLL Trek Collection and "The Music of Star Trek", let me take this opportunity to thank Messrs. Kendall and Bond for everything they have done to bring Trek music to my eyes and ears.
Bond may be having second thoughts after this thread.
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The Haga Heteronormative
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Anti-intellectualism/academia has been a core component of this forum since I became a member more than 20 years ago. So nothing new there, I shrug it off and move on. The angle the author of this thesis has chosen, is perfectly legitimate. It's a way of contextualizing a piece of popular culture that isn't just about the superficial values that film music nerds are so occupied with. It also helps to get funding for the project, or to get it approved. Leave the superficial details to fan literature, and the 'larger picture' to academic texts. I've always found the latter a far more interesting read.
Well said, Thor! As a former academic, I freely acknowledge that the breed has been guilty of much bad writing and trendy "problematizing." But consider this: If today's society is more tolerant of certain "deviant" sexual practices and less guilty of questionable assumptions regarding race and gender, some of the credit is due to the academic writers who have interrogated the prevailing ideas on those subjects.
" Some credit"?
You gotsa be jivin' me!
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Aug 23, 2019 - 7:45 AM
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Solium
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Anti-intellectualism/academia has been a core component of this forum since I became a member more than 20 years ago. So nothing new there, I shrug it off and move on. The angle the author of this thesis has chosen, is perfectly legitimate. It's a way of contextualizing a piece of popular culture that isn't just about the superficial values that film music nerds are so occupied with. It also helps to get funding for the project, or to get it approved. Leave the superficial details to fan literature, and the 'larger picture' to academic texts. I've always found the latter a far more interesting read.
But great find with the list of composer candidates! Very intriguing to see that Williams was considered for this, back when he was one of the most promising composers in the industry.
How is this the writings of an intellectual? This writer is coo coo for Coco Puffs.
"Chapter Two analyzes the position and presentation of Captain James T. Kirk and the ways in which the series’ scoring framed him as the white, heteronormative, male, American hero."
You're just proving Thor's point. You can disagree or agree with the author's position here and perhaps come up with logical and well thought-out arguments to support your position...but to just dismiss the author as "coo coo" has a distinct anti-intellectual bias.
I can dismiss something absurd outright. I don't need to waste my time with a counter argument. Kinda like arguing with a flat Earther. Why bother? Ive yet to see Thor, "Im not interested in expansions I'll stay with the OST" say anything intellectual on this board, so pot calling the kettle black.
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An. Intellectual is.not always an academic but....
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