{"product_id":"theorizing-stupid-media-de-naturalizing-story-structures-in-the-cinematic-televisual-and-videogames-9783030281786","title":"Theorizing Stupid Media: De-Naturalizing Story Structures in the Cinematic, Televisual, and Videogames","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Aaron Kerner\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - Genres - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the stupid as it manifests in media--the cinema, television and streamed content, and videogames. The stupid is theorized not as a pejorative term but to address media that \"fails\" to conform to established narrative conventions, often surfacing at evolutionary moments. The \u003ci\u003eTransformers\u003c\/i\u003e franchise is often dismissed as being stupid because its stylistic vernacular privileges kinetic qualities over conventional narration. Similarly, the stupid is often present in genre fails like \u003ci\u003emother!\u003c\/i\u003e, or in instances of narrative dissonance--joyously in \u003ci\u003eAdventure Time\u003c\/i\u003e; more controversially in \u003ci\u003eGone Home\u003c\/i\u003e-- where a story \"feels off\" It also manifests in \"ludonarrative dissonance\" when gameplay and narrative seemingly run counter to one another in videogames like \u003ci\u003eUndertale\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBioshock\u003c\/i\u003e. This book is addressed to those interested in media that is quirky, spectacle-driven, or generally hard to place--stupid!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45280988463255,"sku":"9783030281786","price":3672.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783030281786.webp?v=1769297895","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/theorizing-stupid-media-de-naturalizing-story-structures-in-the-cinematic-televisual-and-videogames-9783030281786","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}