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 Posted: Tue 7:57, 06 Aug 2013 Post subject: Seemingly Unattractive Woman. Yeah |
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the United States, and how to do the ultimate liberal-arts reading of the series that taught America how to smize.Responses have been edited for clarity and length.So when America's Next Top Model came on the air in 2003, why do you think it became such a phenomenon? What was it putting on TV that was so revolutionary? It was something different at the time; there weren't a lot of modeling shows. There were plenty of makeover shows—weight-loss makeover shows, home makeover shows—but this was the first one where you got to see young women plucked out of obscurity. Like in Cycle Two, there was Shandi, who was a Walgreens clerk. And she was just... nerdy-looking! And I say that as a fellow nerd. But she ended up being gorgeous and a really good model. In your dissertation, you identified Shandi as one of the archetypes that often shows up on the series—Yes! The Odd, Seemingly Unattractive Woman. Yeah! I love that. Your academic work discusses the sorts of packaged representations of women that America's Next Top
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