Prof. Leonardo TerzoRelatoreProf.ssa Barbara BerriCorrelatore

Chiara Luna LupezzaTesi di laurea specialistica di

PALINSESTI, FORMAT E TRASH NELLA TELEVISIONE ITALIANA

Anno Accademico 2008/2009

PROGRAMMING

FORMAT

TRASH

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NEOTELEVISION

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NEW TV GENRES

TALK SHOW

REALITY TELEVISION

FICTIONand their hybrids

…or formats

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TALK SHOW

“Conversation

show” TV “container”

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TALK SHOW

gives voice

host audience

• direct relationship with reality

• shows itself• uncommon places• tv of pain

• television = demiurge• common people• standard narrative

structure• everyday life

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REALITY TV

Truth TV Reality show

real situations that involve common people

vs.

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FICTION

depicts a possible world

products based on narrative invention, on the creation of a hypothetical universe, different kinds

of subgenres

regular appointment = loyalty, familiarity, repetition, continuity

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TRASH: AESTHETIC CATEGORY postmodern era

spreading of low forms of mass culture, everyday aspect

Good taste vs. Bad taste

Different definitions:

• Labranca

• Salza

• Terzo

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LABRANCA AND THE 5 PILLARS• freedom of expression• contamination• incongruity• maximalism• emulation failure

Intention – achieved Results = Trash

kS – R = T

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Trash vs.

• Kitschclean,

“civilize"

• Campawareness,ostentation

spontaneity,no intention

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SALZA AND POP

Good tastevs.

Bad taste

everything that is pop,

not part of high culture or official

Trash

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TERZO VS. THE PILLARS

impossibility to condemn intentions

judge the final product, not what it should/could

have been

trash is not recognized, received by an audience that finds it of his liking

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TRASH, A DYNAMIC CONCEPT

difficult to trace to a single definition of the aesthetic category of trash

Cornerstones:

• spontaneity

• no intentionrelationship users establish with what constitutes their

culture

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TRASH: AS A TV SUBGENREtrash genre contaminates each and every television format

Horizontal: • Talk show

• Reality television

• Fiction

• subgenres and hybrids

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LEVELS OF CULTUREmassive presence of ordinary people on TV

evolution in the sense of low television

RENATO PARASCANDOLO

the generalist TV programs must become more cultural, more

intelligent, witty and thought-provoking

ALDO GRASSO

new frontiers of television,

also learn a lessons from what may appear

despicable at a first sight

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TRASH: AS IN TRASH TELEVISION

how does the audience perceive trash?BUT

TRASH TVtrivial and licentious

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definition is not unique, has no scientific character

television is divided, first produces TV trash and then attempts to limit it when it exceeds certain boundaries

BUT trash TV has a high charming power on the audience

relative to the morality and conscience of each one

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CONCLUDING

expression trash used with different meanings:

aesthetic category

TV subgenre

trash TV

fairly uncommon

academics and professionals

public, press, television critics

Trash is primarily a metaphor for intellectual phenomena that, like garbage, are considered of

poor quality, as a waste

every time produces something that shocks but at the same time seduces and fascinates, and every age will always overcome the limitations of the previous one...

BUT

What will the future of trash be?

Thank you for your attention.

PALINSESTI, FORMAT E TRASH NELLA TELEVISIONE ITALIANA

Tesi di laurea specialistica di Chiara Luna Lupezza