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I am tired of printing out the same things again and again. Too many trees have been chopped. In a desperate bid to save the planet, I have put together an archive of useful material. You can print out anything that you are missing:

Past paper Qs: sitcoms2.doc

Glossary of useful media terms:glossary-sitcom.doc

Last minute advice:sitcom-last-advice.doc

New advice on planning/structuring essays. writing-the-sitcom-essay.doc

Old doc summarising the exam and advising you about your approach (New on the Blog) sitcomexam2.doc

For those of you in 12A who have been working on Scrubs, look at

My (rough) notes on the episode scrubs.doc

Some thoughts on gender in the episode (including character list and a link to the episode)thoughts-on-scrubs.doc

My detailed notes on ‘Fawlty Towers – The Psychiatrist’: fawlty-towers2.doc

My detailed notes on ‘Absolutely Fabulous – The Last Shout (part 1): abfab2.doc

Notes on mise-en-scene in Ab Fab: absolutely-fabulous-mise.doc

‘Men Behaving Badly’ & ‘Absolutely Fabulous’: Some points of comparison: men-behaving-badly-and-absolutely-fabulous.doc

Discussion of Gender Stereotypes in ‘Men Behaving Badly’: gender-stereotypes.doc

Some notes from books on the subject of ’gender and sitcom’: sitcom-notes.doc

Reminder of what we mean by ‘textual analysis’ (of sitcoms): sitcom-analysis.doc

 Notes from David Gauntlett on ‘Feminity’: femininity.doc

Notes from David Gauntlett on ‘Masculinity’: masculinity.doc

Definition of Sitcom and notes on the history of the form: british-sitcom.doc

Short summary sheet for Men Behaving Badly. Contains good definition of ’New Lads’  mbb1.doc

 Some links to other sites about sitcoms: sitcomsites.doc