Juno

Is this TVIV? On Netflix, TVIII and binge-watching

“…This narrative that Arrested Development has been wronged by Fox and cancelled in its prime, leaving fans to imagine what could have been, contributed to its ‘cult’ status. Furthermore, some of the actors’ following projects were more in independent rather than mainstream films (as much as such a distinction is possible), cementing their status as ‘indie’ stars (though this may not be true for all of them any more) with Michael Cera and Jason Bateman both starring in the indie-hit Juno (Reitman, 2007), while Will Arnett starred in 30 Rock (NBC, 2006–2013), a sitcom that, along with The Office (NBC, 2005–2013), seems to have taken the place of Arrested Development as original and somehow ‘quality’ network sitcom. The cast has often re-enforced this ‘cult’ narrative in interviews and repeated it in the run-up to season 4 (see, for example, Kelly, 2013).…”

How to Give Birth - According to Hollywood

“…Sara Persson -How to give birth representations in series. 1 The films selected are: Juno (Reitman, 2007), Knocked Up (Apatow, 2007), Baby Mama (McCullers, 2008), The Back-up Plan (Poul, 2010) and What to Expect When You're Expecting (Jones, 2012). Information about the films such as cast, crew and production year is taken from the International Movie Database (IMDb, 2017), if nothing else is stated.…”

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This article examines birth scenes in five mainstream films in order to explore the way norms about birthing are reproduced or challenged. The films are: Juno (Reitman, 2007), Knocked Up (Apatow, 2007), Baby Mama (McCullers, 2008), The Back-up Plan (Poul, 2010) and What to Expect When You're Expecting (Jones, 2012). What do the birthing scenes look like, are they realistic with non-on-set births and does the directors' and writers' gender, age, skin colour and class have any parallels with what is portrayed?

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