Emily Garside

You Are My Happy Ending (eBook, PDF)

Schitt's Creek and the Legacy of Queer Television

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

From the shows modest beginnings to its massive Emmy sweep, You Are My Happy Ending tells the story of how Schitt's Creek became the surprise hit that changed the way we think about LGBTQ relationships. Cultural analyst Emily Garside shows how this series fused classic romcom and sitcom tropes to create a world with a queer love story at its core, starting with Daniel Levy, the co-creator who plays David. She examines the show's Canadian identity and its diverse incorporation of references from literature (Brideshead Revisited) to cinema (Hitchcock's The Birds), as well as numerous romantic comedy texts. Schitt's Creek is an homage to all these elements of the past literary and cinematic canon while also creating an important contemporary narrative of its own. Most importantly, Garside delves into the references to queer icons and culturefrom Cabaret to drag.How did this supposedly light comedy embrace an activist perspective? And how does it use (and subvert) its romantic-comedy genre in order to make that activism even more powerful? Combining a fans affection with a scholars insight, Garside explains how this ';little show that could' is the product of a long history of queer activism, breaking down barriers and marking a turning point in future representation of LGBTQ stories.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781493067985
• Artikelnr.: 72460153

Autorenporträt

Emily Garside spent a number of years as an academic and lecturer, beginning with her PhD on theatrical responses to the AIDS crisis, and the evolution of LGBTQ theatre. She specializes in Queer Culture Writing. As a journalist, she is a regular contributor for The Queer Review and has written for American Theatre, Slate, BBC and The Stage. She lives in the United Kingdom.