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[[Image:LanaAva.JPG|left|thumb|200px|Ava Gardner and Lana Turner "embrace".]]
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[[Image:BadAndBeautiful57 jpg.jpg|none|thumb|320px|"Authentic" emotion in ''The Bad and the Beautiful''.]]
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[[Image:LanaIoL.JPG|left|thumb|300px|A production still of Turner wearing ''haute couture'' in ''Imitation of Life'' in a scene in which Lora meets David Edwards (Dan O'Herlihy).]]
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File:LanaIoL.JPG|alt=A production still of Turner wearing ''haute couture'' in ''Imitation of Life''.|Production still of Turner wearing ''haute couture'' in ''Imitation of Life''; Lora meets David Edwards.
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#'''Group 1:''' Dyer contends that "Turner illustrates three of the ways that stars function cinematically (that is, within the total signifying practice of the cinema industry situated within society as a whole)".
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#'''Group 2:''' Dyer contends that "Turner illustrates three of the ways that stars function cinematically (that is, within the total signifying practice of the cinema industry situated within society as a whole)".
 
#*What does Dyer mean by "signifying practice"?
 
#*What does Dyer mean by "signifying practice"?
 
#*List those three ways that stars function.
 
#*List those three ways that stars function.
#'''Group 2:''' What, according to Dyer, is the relationship between glamor and ordinariness?
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#'''Group 3:''' What, according to Dyer, is the relationship between glamour and ordinariness?
#*How does the photograph of Ava Gardener and Turner "embracing" illustrate this contrast?
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#*How does the photograph of Ava Gardener and Turner "embracing" (see above) illustrate this contrast?
 
#*How is it expressed in ''The Bad and the Beautiful''?
 
#*How is it expressed in ''The Bad and the Beautiful''?
#'''Group 3:''' In general terms, what does ''haute couture'' (pronounce "oht koo-toor") connote? How is this specifically embodied in Turner's image—as Dyer argues regarding the ''Imitation of Life'' scene in which she meets David Edwards (Dan O'Herlihy)?
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#'''Group 4:''' In general terms, what does ''haute couture'' (pronounce "oht koo-toor") connote? How is this specifically embodied in Turner's image—as Dyer argues regarding the ''Imitation of Life'' scene in which she meets David Edwards (Dan O'Herlihy)?
#'''Group 4:''' How was Turner’s sexy-ordinary contradiction "crystallized" in four "moments" in her early career?
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#'''Groups 5 and 6:''' How was Turner’s sexy-ordinary contradiction "crystallized" in four "moments" in her early career?
#'''All Groups:''' What characterizes Turner’s acting style? How is it disrupted by emotions presented as more "authentic" in ''Imitation of Life'' and ''The B & the B''?
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#'''Group 1:''' What characterizes Turner’s acting style? How is it disrupted by emotions presented as more "authentic" in ''Imitation of Life'' and ''The B & the B''?
 
#*How does Dyer make the case for the "hysterics in the car" scene as "authentic"? ([http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/BadAndTheBeautiful.php View video clip.])
 
#*How does Dyer make the case for the "hysterics in the car" scene as "authentic"? ([http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/BadAndTheBeautiful.php View video clip.])
#'''All Groups:''' What role does the father play in ''The B & the B'', according to Dyer? How does this relate to the off-screen representation of Turner and her father?
 
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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#*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T577/TurnerIllustrations.php#dyer Article illustrations.]
 
#*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T577/TurnerIllustrations.php#dyer Article illustrations.]
  
[[Category:TCF440/540 Discussion]]
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[[Category:JCM412/512 Discussion]]
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Latest revision as of 21:31, 14 August 2019

  1. Group 2: Dyer contends that "Turner illustrates three of the ways that stars function cinematically (that is, within the total signifying practice of the cinema industry situated within society as a whole)".
    • What does Dyer mean by "signifying practice"?
    • List those three ways that stars function.
  2. Group 3: What, according to Dyer, is the relationship between glamour and ordinariness?
    • How does the photograph of Ava Gardener and Turner "embracing" (see above) illustrate this contrast?
    • How is it expressed in The Bad and the Beautiful?
  3. Group 4: In general terms, what does haute couture (pronounce "oht koo-toor") connote? How is this specifically embodied in Turner's image—as Dyer argues regarding the Imitation of Life scene in which she meets David Edwards (Dan O'Herlihy)?
  4. Groups 5 and 6: How was Turner’s sexy-ordinary contradiction "crystallized" in four "moments" in her early career?
  5. Group 1: What characterizes Turner’s acting style? How is it disrupted by emotions presented as more "authentic" in Imitation of Life and The B & the B?
    • How does Dyer make the case for the "hysterics in the car" scene as "authentic"? (View video clip.)

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Bibliography

  1. Richard Dyer, "Four Films of Lana Turner," Movie 25: 30-52.