The Viewer-As-Detective: Big Little Lies and the Productive Liminality of Complex Mystery Television

IF 1.4 Q2 COMMUNICATION
Sierra Dann, S. Cunningham
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Abstract This research utilizes aspects of narrative and ideological criticism to analyze complex mystery television and representations of women. Using the first season of Big Little Lies, the authors argue that the disruption of narrative conventions creates a productive liminality in which the viewer takes on the role of detective. This positioning of the viewer-as-detective encourages viewers to attempt to solve the mystery but also to interrogate their perceptions of the main female characters depicted, ultimately helping to question rather than reinforce stereotypical representations of women.
作为侦探的观众:大大小小的谎言与复杂神秘电视的生产极限
摘要本研究运用叙事和意识形态批评的方法来分析复杂的神秘电视和女性形象。利用《大小谎言》第一季,作者认为,叙事惯例的破坏创造了一个富有成效的界限,观众在其中扮演侦探的角色。这种将观众定位为侦探的方式鼓励观众试图解开谜团,同时也质疑他们对所描绘的主要女性角色的看法,最终有助于质疑而不是强化对女性的刻板印象。
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