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Subculture in the Mainstream: From Cry-Baby to Wednesday
John Waters’ Cry-Baby (1990) and Tim Burton’s Wednesday (2022) present two very different examples of how subculture is portrayed and received. While Cry-Baby remained a niche cult parody of 1950s delinquent culture, Wednesday became one of Netflix’s biggest hits, mainstreaming gothic and outsider aesthetics for a global audience.


Originality and Its Appropriators: The Goonies, Super 8, and Stranger Things
Originality is often mistaken for total invention, but in reality, the best stories are echoes — not replicas — of what came before.


Why Edward Scissorhands is the Best Robot Film of All-Time
When people think of great robot films, they name the usual suspects but overlook Edward Scissorhands.


The Stereotypes in Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands: Part Three
Tim Burton stereotypically represents The Desperate Housewife to emotionally manipulate his audience. Joyce has all the trappings we have se


The Stereotypes in Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands: Part Two
The stereotypical representation of the Bumbling Dad provides the space for Edward’s demise and ruin. It also adds humour to the film which


The Stereotypes in Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands: Part One
Tim Burton may have a stereotypical representation of The Outsider, but Edward is not like any we've seen before. Yes, he is represented


An Analysis of Edward Scissorhands
This analysis of the film, Edward Scissorhands, analyses the film's gothic fairytale genre, and its theme of conformity
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