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| Wednesday October 22nd, 2008 |
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The religious and ethical ramifications of 9/11 are evident in multiple cultural sites, not least of all broadcast television. In recent years, a surprising number of popular dramatic series have grappled with questions of ultimate meaning, including the nexus of good and evil, right and wrong. While religion per se is rarely invoked, its shadow is cast across characters, plots and themes central to shows such as The Sopranos, Lost, Rescue Me, Deadwood, Saving Grace, 24, The Wire, Battlestar Galactica, Sleeper Cell to name a few. Live from LA: Good/God and Evil is an opportunity for the USC community to reflect on how issues of ethics, values and meaning permeate even the most familiar of cultural expressions and influence the way we see good, evil, and the moral dimensions of our own lives.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Annenberg Auditorium, 3502 Watt Way #G26, Los Angeles
Our panelists for "Forgive Us Our Sins: Institutional Evil and Personal Responsibility" will discuss whether and how 9/11 affected American ideas about individual and corporate evil as evidenced on television shows such as The Wire, The Sopranos, Oz, and The Shield. Joining moderator James K. Lee (Professor, UC Santa Barbara) are Tom Fontana (Executive Producer, Homicide and Oz), Amy Hollywood (Harvard Divinity School) and Wendell Pierce (Actor, The Wire).
Organized by Diane Winston (Journalism/Religion) and Jane Iwamura (Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity).
Presented by Visions and Voices: The USC Arts and Humanities Initiative, and cosponsored by the USC Annenberg Knight Chair in Media and Religion; USC Center for Diversity and Democracy; USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture; USC Davis School of Gerontology; Food for Thought; USC Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies; Kairos Church @ USC; Louchheim School of Judaic Studies; Religion, Identity, and Global Governance Project; USC Catholic Center; USC School of Religion; and USC Visual Studies Graduate Certificate program
Watch video here.
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