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Peter Rollins <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 8 Aug 2000 11:04:37 EDT
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CFP REMINDER: WEST WING WEEK ON TV
(August 6-12, 2000)

This is WEST WING week on TV with
re-runs of selected episodes on each
night.  Here is an opportunity to focus
in on a major series which has attracted
both elite and popular interest. (Young
scholars in particular will enjoy this
opportunity to analyze new materials.)

The episode aired last night dealt, in part,
with the "conflict" between evangelical
Christians ("the Christian Right") and
Jews...clearly a timely topic in the week
in which Senator Lieberman was selected
as a Vice Presidential running mate for
Al Gore.  But there are constant references
to "real" political issues in the series and
this is just one in passing...

It is also a great opportunity to consider
writing a paper for the FILM & HISTORY
conference in November.   We are not
against your analyzing a particular episode
in depth.  Here are some of the more obvious
questions and issues:

1. How does the episode represent or mis-
represent the Clinton White House?

2. How does the series differ from its
predecessor, Aaron Sorkin's THE
AMERICAN PRESIDENT (Dir.
Rob Reiner, 1995)?

3. What themes are being conveyed by
the show--either overtly or through
more subtle means than dialogue?

4. What parallels and differences do you
see between the concept of the Presidency
in the series and previous renderings of
the high office in film and TV?

5. Cinematography in WEST WING. (Deft.)

6.  Lighting and mise en scene in WEST WING.
    (Also brilliant and a major component for message.)

Results:
    Come up with a project and bring it to
THE PRESIDENCY IN FILM AND TV conference
in November at the Ronald Reagan Presidential
Library in LA.  An anthology of papers will be formed
from the presentations and will become a book edited
by Peter Rollins and John E. O'Connor of Film & History
Magazine.

Soft deadline for absract is 1 September, 2000.  Conference
    runs from November 10-12, just after the Presidential election.

Full information on conference is at the Film & History
Web site.

    http://h-net.msu.edu/~filmhis
    or
    Go to Yahoo and search for Film & History

Peter Rollins


Peter C. Rollins, Editor
Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and TV Studies
(Web site: http://h-net.msu.edu/~filmhis)
RR 3  Box 80
Cleveland, OK 74020
(918)243-7637 and fax 5995
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Comments:  Individual subscription information on the web site
as well as information and FAQ's about the CD-ROMs.  There are
also discussion items and essays on Saving Private Ryan, Amistad,
CNN's Cold War, and a host of other topics.  The Table of Contents
for the last thirty years is there as well.  Lastest issues deal with the
Medieval Era in film.  Next issues will focus on Television as
Historian and edited by Gary Edgerton (Old Dominion U).

Next conference  is in November, 2000 on The Presidency in Film
at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, California
(45 mins. north of LAX).  Information and registration details are on
the web site!

           http://h-net.msu.edu/~filmhis

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