Fleabag, Modernism, and New Television.
This article reflects on the recent prominence of direct address—characters speaking directly to the camera—within new television. With particular reference to Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag (BBC Three, 2016–19), the phenomenon of direct address is in this context situated amid the broader history o...
| Published in: | Canadian Review of American Studies Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 324 - 337 |
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| Format: | Film/TV Criticism and Review |
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University of Toronto Press
Winter2021
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