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Make America Hate Again? The Politics of Vigilante Geriaction (2021)
Journal Article
Frame, G. (2021). Make America Hate Again? The Politics of Vigilante Geriaction. Journal of Popular Film and Television, 49(3), 168-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/01956051.2021.1957337

The article explores the politics of the vigilante geriaction film, with specific focus on the remake of Death Wish (Eli Roth, 2018). In its construction of a nation under mortal threat from within and without, the subgenre is uncritical in its reinf... Read More about Make America Hate Again? The Politics of Vigilante Geriaction.

The cultural politics of Jennifer Lawrence as star, actor, celebrity (2020)
Journal Article
Frame, G. (2020). The cultural politics of Jennifer Lawrence as star, actor, celebrity. New Review of Film and Television Studies, 18(3), 345-368. https://doi.org/10.1080/17400309.2020.1790479

Jennifer Lawrence emerged as a major star of American cinema following the collapse of the economy in 2008. This article will argue that her image in the initial phase of her fame (2010–16) is reflective of mainstream culture’s response to the crisis... Read More about The cultural politics of Jennifer Lawrence as star, actor, celebrity.

The odds are never in your favor: the form and function of American cinema’s neoliberal dystopias (2019)
Journal Article
Frame, G. (2019). The odds are never in your favor: the form and function of American cinema’s neoliberal dystopias. New Review of Film and Television Studies, 17(3), 379-397. https://doi.org/10.1080/17400309.2019.1622894

This article explores the ways in which dystopian cinema that emerged in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008 provided pointed critique of two aspects of neoliberalism’s economic and social policies: the deliberate imposition of precariousne... Read More about The odds are never in your favor: the form and function of American cinema’s neoliberal dystopias.

“The Lincoln Memorial Was Too Crowded”: Interpreting the United States' Memorial Landscape through Film and Television (2017)
Journal Article
Frame, G. (2017). “The Lincoln Memorial Was Too Crowded”: Interpreting the United States' Memorial Landscape through Film and Television. Journal of Popular Film and Television, 45(4), 190-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/01956051.2017.1343795

This article argues for a more rigorous understanding of the use of memorials in American film and television as part of the ongoing negotiation and development of American memory, looking beyond the disaster genre and the Lincoln Memorial to other s... Read More about “The Lincoln Memorial Was Too Crowded”: Interpreting the United States' Memorial Landscape through Film and Television.

“The Real Thing”: Election Campaigns and The Question of Authenticity in American Film and Television (2015)
Journal Article
FRAME, G. (2016). “The Real Thing”: Election Campaigns and The Question of Authenticity in American Film and Television. Journal of American Studies, 50(3), 755 - 777. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875815000651

This article examines the concept of authenticity in American politics through its construction and representation in fictional election campaigns in film and television. This article will posit The Candidate (1972), Tanner '88 (1988), Wag the Dog (1... Read More about “The Real Thing”: Election Campaigns and The Question of Authenticity in American Film and Television.

Seeing Obama, Projecting Kennedy: The Presence of JFK in Images of Barack Obama (2012)
Journal Article
Frame, G. (2012). Seeing Obama, Projecting Kennedy: The Presence of JFK in Images of Barack Obama. Comparative American Studies, 10(2-3), 163-176. https://doi.org/10.1179/1477570012Z.00000000012

During the 2008 election campaign Obama's youth, his glamorous wife, young children, and liberal politics resuscitated the memory of Kennedy, who remains the benchmark of the presidential image. This article explores how Obama shapes himself in Kenne... Read More about Seeing Obama, Projecting Kennedy: The Presence of JFK in Images of Barack Obama.