tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post6321884523481251425..comments2024-03-28T20:43:00.579-05:00Comments on Uncanny Valley: Feminism and NarrativeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-66038092010561180882011-05-25T22:41:50.962-05:002011-05-25T22:41:50.962-05:00Hi, I was sent here by Karen Pickering, and have j...Hi, I was sent here by Karen Pickering, and have just briefly looked at your artice, though I was more looking at traditional Rapunzel feminism analysis' - would you suggest a similar reading or could you do a reading on the more Grimm Brothers version? Thanks.Deannehttp://twitter.com/#!/deanne94noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-59914632396212278482011-05-02T02:33:21.117-05:002011-05-02T02:33:21.117-05:00Hello Tracy
What an excellent piece! I run a mont...Hello Tracy<br /><br />What an excellent piece! I run a monthly feminist salon and tomorrow night we're looking at Feminism and Narrative, which led me here. I'll be quoting your article and directing people to your blog and you can also follow on twitter @jevoislafemme.<br /><br />Thanks for writing eloquently on such a thorny issue. I particularly loved the last paragraph.<br /><br />Karen PickeringKaren Pickeringhttp://twitter.com/#!/jevoislafemmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-49627431893256259862010-08-04T13:57:56.119-05:002010-08-04T13:57:56.119-05:00I actually spent a number of hours last week going...I actually spent a number of hours last week going to technical talks about Tangled. (Rapunzel's hair is a very interesting mix of simulation and animation. And they used some cool new techniques to build and light their trees.)<br />The story never came up! Because that wasn't the point of the talks - the point of the talks was that precomputed radiance transfer is a pretty good way to capture the way light filters through tree leaves, or whatever. But it's always weirdly dissonant when somebody mentions that oh yeah, it's also an actual movie.<br />In theory, we on the technical side are supposed to hide all this from the artistic staff so they don't get immersed in the fancy toys and forget about the story they're telling...Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01952841762623159827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-29451173519361859682010-08-03T17:21:43.043-05:002010-08-03T17:21:43.043-05:00I haven't seen it; that's very interesting...I haven't seen it; that's very interesting. I actually thought it looked pretty promising in trailer form. Sadly, I think the poor reception is probably more due to audiences feeling alienated by a black character than a female one. I'm not sure what their marketing strategy was, but it felt like they could have hyped it a bit more to get kids excited and into the theaters, instead of (I assume) lying low and letting parents assume their kids "wouldn't relate" to a black character.Tracy Rae Bowlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00503467625042599574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67881661576743990.post-75753528274366457002010-08-03T17:07:50.715-05:002010-08-03T17:07:50.715-05:00interesting post. have you seen "the princess...interesting post. have you seen "the princess and the frog"? i think its intriguing because of the effort on the part of disney to give the "princess" (in this case, a black aspiring restaranteur in 1920s (ish) new orleans) some agency, some independence, some goals, and of course, awards the company the opportunity to be "politically correct." i haven't seen the whole thing, but i like what i saw a lot more than what i saw in this trailer.carrie murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16938326535633694699noreply@blogger.com