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It's okay to find the villain appealing in certain respects—in fact, much of pop culture depends on our doing just that.
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Both curriculum and pop culture, perhaps not coincidentally, have no problem dealing with class systems when they’re at a remove.
‘Super Pop!’ and Making (Extremely Fun) Connections Across Media
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"A narrative experience like 'The Lizzie Bennet Diaries' is compelling in part because of the great bones of Austen’s story and characters, for sure. But equally compelling is the story form, the opportunity for consumers to engage deeply with those characters..."
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