Full Description
In the wake of the contemporary Golden Age of Television and political polarization in the United States, this collection argues that the tension between sincerity and irony in nicecore television is crucial to understanding its aesthetic and political aims.
An interdisciplinary range of both established and emerging scholars analyze shows like Schitt's Creek, Ted Lasso, Jury Duty, and The Bear to highlight how creators are responding to audience demands for sincerity in the contemporary television landscape. Placing the concept of 'niceness' in relation to queerness, class, unlikability, traditional gender norms, and the comfort of sincerity, contributors demonstrate how even across genres and individual creators, these seemingly lighthearted shows each have unique and important messages and goals beneath the surface. As a whole, this collection presents a clear picture of how the 21st-century political landscape has shaped both manifestations and interpretations of the New Sincerity aesthetic in televisual media.
Ultimately, Irony and Sincerity in Contemporary Television argues that the 21st-century political landscape has shaped modern manifestations and interpretations of the New Sincerity aesthetic in televisual media.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: "Better Today Than They Were Yesterday": Playing Nice in Nicecore TV
Owen Cantrell (Georgia State University, USA) & Sage Westfall (Independent Scholar, USA)
PART I: Gender and Niceness
1. Reimagining Niceness: The Role of Indian Television Soap Operas in Perpetuating Traditional Gender Norms
Sony Jalarajan Raj (MacEwan University, Canada) & Adith K. Suresh (MacEwan University, Canada)
2. "'Hey, takin' ona challenge is a lot like ridin' a horse": Ted Lasso and Left-Populism
Colleen Tripp (California State University-Northridge, USA)
3. In the Matter of Ronald Gladden vs. James Marsden: Nicecore Guys Finish First in Freevee's Jury Duty
Emily Hoffman (Arkansas Tech University, USA)
4. Just a Small Town Girl: Hallmark Movie Small Towns and the Politics of Niceness
Andrea Braithwaite (Ontario Tech University, Canada)
PART II: Nicecore TV Roster
5. "Just your typical all-American, Catholic, divorcing, disgraced, lawbreaking, gay family": Nicely Queering the Sitcom with ABC's The Real O'Neals
Francesca Petronio (Stony Brook University, USA)
6. You're Simply the Best: Character Growth and Making the Unlikable Likable in Schitt's Creek
Colleen Etman (University of South Carolina, USA)
7. "Real and alive and good": Nicecore Conventions in The Bear
Judith Clemens-Smucker (Sam Houston State University, USA)
PART III: New Sincerity and Irony
8. Joe Pera Talks with You and the Post-Ironic Comfort Watch
Sage Westfall
9. "Do You Want to Feel Something Real?" Sincere Irony in the Work of Nathan Fielder
Owen Cantrell
10. "More than just ball hairs": (Post-)Irony, Sincerity, and Digitization Netflix's American Vandal
Dominik Steinhilber (University of Konstanz, Germany)
About the Editors and Contributors
Index
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