Ngai / Kotsko / Batuman
Elif Batuman argues that awkwardness is the ‘consciousness of a false position’.[1] Contending that capitalism depends on ‘a certain degree of hypocrisy to function… Read More »Emily Taylor- Peep Show’s False Positions
YouTube. Comedy Bites. Adam Kotsko made strong points regarding awkwardness and its role in sitcoms. While Kotsko brings up Seinfeld and Arrested Development. I believe… Read More »Maddie Cornetta – Awkwardness and the Sitcom
Whilst I certainly agree that we are, as the readings of this week seem too be claiming, in a certain ‘age of awkwardness’, as argued… Read More »Francis Yamamoto – Awkwardness, Problems with Batuman and The Eric Andre Show
Adam Kotsko attributes the social history of America to the growth in the awkward comedy. For example, Kotsko argues that the fall of the USSR… Read More »stan- The awkward years: The Imbetweeners, Adam Kotsko and the Great Recession
Both the Kotsko and Batuman readings mention Arrested Development as an example of awkwardness, but I would like to discuss it through the lens of… Read More »Isabel Burney — Tobias Fünke as the Zany
Kostko argues that awkwardness shares an intrinsically social characterestic; it solely arises from breaking or avoiding societal rules. However, when these norms are unknown, it… Read More »Hana El Hilaly- Cultural Awkwardness and First Dates
Adam Kotsko highlights that “We watch awkward situations in everyday life as though we’re gaping at a car accident” and that “when we all come… Read More »Raya Milushev – viral clips and second-hand embarrassment
Adam Kotsko refers to awkwardness as a “social phenomenon” and states that the emphasis should not just lie on “awkward individuals” but on the entire… Read More »Fleabag: Awkwardness as Social Phenomenon
On pages 7 and 8 of his essay, Adam Kotsko explains the phenomenon known as “everyday awkwardness”, and explains that the awkwardness arises from particularly… Read More »Nicholas DiCorpo – Everyday Awkwardness and I Think You Should Leave
Adam Kotsko creates subcategories for awkwardness: “everyday awkwardness”, “cultural awkwardness” and “radical awkwardness”. For the purposes of my analysis, I shall be focusing on “everyday”… Read More »Emily Moreland – Awkwardness in Bridesmaids