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Date Posted: 02:59:05 03/04/14 Tue
Author: The Chief
Subject: Fascinating reading....


"While looking for something else online...."

Isn't that the best way to find things? I had never heard the word "trope" before, but apparently it's a literary term for something between a theme/motif and a cliche. There is a huge site dedicated to tropes in TV and other media. "JAG" even has its own page!

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/JAG

It's a huge page and will take you quite a while to read it, but the embedded links will help you understand just about everything they're talking about. AND there are a few blanks that most of us could probably fill if we knew how to contact the site owner. Anyway, enjoy.

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[> holy cow- talk about information a plenty- LOL- I always thought of tropes more simply: Friends to Lovers, marriage of convenience, secret baby, stuff like that - this is WAY more complex! -- chris k, 09:29:48 03/04/14 Tue


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[> Well, thank you, Chief!! This has been a great reading adventure and what a wealth of information. Loved it and will have to go back and read some more. -- jenks, 10:20:31 03/04/14 Tue


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[> Thank you for posting this Chief. I've spent far too much of my day reading and still haven't finished. This is so much fun. I loved reading about the real JAGs watching the pilot, and drinking shots when something wasn't realistic. They had to stop before the first commercial in case they passed out....LOL.Oh and did anyone notice the LOOKS trope? That was hilarious. (Inside) -- Cece, 17:22:00 03/04/14 Tue

When I first joined Maeve's, I was still doing my English grad studies and I couldn't help doing the same kind of critical analysis I did with the lit and drama I studied. So yes, I knew all about tropes, and was aware of them in JAG. In a way, it's easier to call them dramatic (or tv drama) cliches. Of course tropes can thinly disguise messages, opinions, and even propaganda, or become talking heads of the producers/creators/writers, etc. JAG was different from a lot of Hollywood fare as it's tropes usually favoured right of centre when virtually all the rest favour left of centre. I'm not giving a personal opinion here, just pointing out what we all know. Perhaps that's why it was rarely mentioned, or achknowledged. The tropes were all the wrong one.

Anyway, I loved JAG for all the fun it provided us, not to mention the eye candy for any sexual preference. And I was a sucker for the good guy hero stuff, even while I was aware that it was more Superman than realism. I can't wait to finish reading the article. It brings back so many memories. (Manette's first fanfic at the HBX was a witty short story using some of these cliches. I wish I could find it.)


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[> [> I loved some of the names like, "Bedouin Rescue Service" , "Butt Monkey", And "Roaring Rampage of Rescue"! LOL Overall, since JAG played most of the tropes straight (due to the nature of the show), there are few opportunities to actually bash JAG on tropes. -- The Chief, 00:11:33 03/06/14 Thu


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