The script in cleaning/tvtropes.R contains the code used to scrape and combine the necessary data for this analysis. The steps are as follows. The R library rvest was used for scraping and the data cleaning software OpenRefine was used for pattern matching between metadata and TVTropes entries...
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The story draws on some of the usual dystopian tropes of environmental contamination, fanatical beliefs (in this case fundamentalist beliefs that women should have no rights) and use of symbols and traditions (in this case Christianity) to promote the message. The subjugation of women is a major...
The concept of the “male gaze” comes from Laura Mulvey’sVisual and Other Pleasures, specifically, in an essay written in 1973 entitled “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.” In this article, Mulvey explains that the presumptive viewer of television and film is presumed to be male, and ...
Tied Up in Tropes: Directed by Mike Schmiedeler. With Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Yazmin Ramos. Bill and Toony explore narrative tropes in classic cartoons.
"Love.. It was hard work but will pay off. I want to thank Shannon and Maino for being apart of a long, hard day. God bless," she wrote on the micro-blogging site. "This video truly speaks volumes to something I strongly believe in. And that's following your heart." ...
Wikipedia says “The author of the novel, Caroline Kepnes, explained the darkness ofYou, which deconstructs the romantic-comedy tropes highlighted in many films and shows, by making the protagonist, a violent stalker and serial killer,” so I guess I can get behind that, but I’d still rath...
I do enjoy them, though, particularly because being genre-savvy means skipping some of the more repetitive plot tropes - or at least having the protagonist try to. Perhaps the Trapped in an Otome Game sub-genre would work for you? The majority of protagonists have to be a little genre-...
This is a much better drama because at least you don't have to keep up with multiple hackneyed personality tropes or the horrible acting from Hwang Jung eum. If you think comedy consists of screaming at the top of your lungs and pretending to be a woman as a bad impersonation of Martin...
This is a fun read and one that is very easy to while away an afternoon with. Some underlying storylines gradually emerge and on the whole, it is a good read. There are some obvious stereotypes and tropes in this book that give it that cute, sweet, will they/ won’t they vibes. ...