On Norman Corwin, Poet Laureate of American Radio
Norman Corwin passed away last month, at the ripe age of 101. Though his death prompted praise-filled obituaries in prominent places, one suspects that the number of people younger than 60 whose eyes...
View ArticleFrom Mercury to Mars: The Legacy of War of the Worlds: What Happened Here?
I wouldn’t be writing this today if Orson Welles’ iconic radio program The War of the Worlds didn’t have one of the most highly visible and significant legacies of any soundwork in radio history, as...
View ArticleBollywood, Hollywood — Trollywood?
I’ve been thinking about the long-standing, productive relationship between the US and the UK in the field of broadcasting for some time. My recent book Network Nations traced some aspects of that...
View ArticleWhy Co-Produce? Elementary, Holmes.
My last post argued for the existence of a unique televisual formation comprised by US/British co-production, which I jokingly dubbed “Trollywood.” I am now dropping that rather silly term after...
View ArticleMissing from History: Langston Hughes’ The Man Who Went To War
Front row standing (L-R): Hall Johnson, Alan Lomax, D. G. Bridson, Canada Lee, Paul Robeson, Ethel Waters. Post by Michele Hilmes, University of Wisconsin-Madison I have been so overwhelmed, and...
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