With edgy writing and a great cast, "30 Rock" is one of the funniest television shows on the air - and where hilarity ensues, philosophical questions abound: Are Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy ethical heroes? Kenneth redefines 'goody twoshoes', but what does it really mean to be good? INDICE: "Acknowledgments. Introduction: Platonic Fantasies and Tina Fey-losophy. Part One: What Would Oprah Do? Ethics and the Good Life at 30 Rock. 1. Being Kenneth: Some Moral Lessons (P. Sue Dohnimm). 2. Sour Lemon: Lizs Workaholism and the Meaning of Life (Jeffrey A. Hinzmann). 3. Aristotle and Friendship: What a Greek Philosopher Can Teach us about Companionship (Daniel Yim). 4.A Confucian-Aristotelian Critique of 30 Rocks Semi-Virtuous Path (Adam Barkman). Part Two: The Girlie Show: Gender, Race, and Sexual Orientation at 30 Rock. 5. Race at the Rock: Race Cards, White Myths, and Post-Racial America (J. Jeremy Wisnewski). 6. Getting Gay: How 30 Rock Helps Us Understand Sexuality (J.Jeremy Wisnewski). 7. And the Followship Award Goes toThird Wave Feminism? (Ashley Barkman). Part Three: Dealbreaker! Corporations, Professions, and Politics. 8. Medicines Not a Science: Dr. Leo Spaceman and the Role of the Incompetent Professional in Todays America (Kevin S. Decker). 9. Is There a Difference between East Coast Television and Microwave Ovens? Moral Questions about Corporate Management (Andrew Terjesen). 10. The Emancipation Corporation: Loving and Loathing the Shinehardt Wigs of the World (Nick Michaud). 11. Liz and Jack Cant Be Friends! Communitarianism, Libertarianism, and Politics at 30 Rock (Nicholas Michaud). Part Four: Mind Grapes (to nourish your thinking). 12. ""The Bubble,"" the Cave and Samsara: Being Deluded at 30 Rock (Adam Barkman). 13. OfCookie Jars and CEOs: Time and Self on 30 Rock (Tyler Shores). 14. One City'sCheese Curl Addict is Another City's Model: A Question of Taste (Michael Da Silva and Melina Found). 15. ""Im Straight Up Mentally Ill"": Tracy Jordan and True, Justified Belief (Robert Arp). 16. Performing at 30 Rock (and EverywhereElse) (Marc E. Shaw). Contributors: Cast Members of 30 Rock and Philosophy. Appendix 1: Franks Hat Store. Appendix 2: The Wisdom of the Page: Meet Kenneth Ellen Parcell. Index: Shinehardt Wig Company Filing System. "
- ISBN: 978-0-470-57558-1
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha Publicación: 06/08/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés