Article:
Ineffable Husbands. Sentimental Queerbaiting in the TV Series Good Omens

Simple item page
dc.creatorVenzmer, Elsa-Margareta
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-03T08:18:13Z
dc.date.available2024-05-03T08:18:13Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractQueerbaiting is a strategy by which media producers hint at a queer relationship between two same-sex characters in a text, with no intention of delivering. This paper proposes a method of analysis that may be used to systematically examine queerbaiting by combining audio-visual aesthetics, narrative motifs, and discourses. This is exemplified by an analysis of the friendship between the two main characters, the angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley, in the first season of the Amazon Prime TV series Good Omens (2019–). In doing so, this essay investigates how sentimentality plays a crucial role in queerbaiting. I propose, ultimately, that formulas borrowed from romance films can be found in contemporary buddy TV series featuring two male-staged protagonists by comparing Good Omens to other TV series in which queerbaiting takes place, such as Sherlock (2010–2017) and Supernatural (2005–2020).en
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/22025
dc.identifier.urihttp://ffk-journal.de/?journal=ffk-journal&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=198
dc.identifier.urihttps://mediarep.org/handle/doc/23378
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherAVINUS
dc.publisher.placeHamburg
dc.relation.isPartOfissn:2512-8086
dc.relation.ispartofseriesffk Journal
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 Generic
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
dc.subjectQueerbaitingen
dc.subjectmediaen
dc.subjectaudio-visual aestheticsen
dc.subjectnarrativeen
dc.subjectdiscoursesen
dc.subject.ddcddc:791
dc.titleIneffable Husbands. Sentimental Queerbaiting in the TV Series Good Omensde
dc.typearticle
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
dspace.entity.typeArticle
local.coverpage2024-05-04T02:33:41
local.source.epage66
local.source.issue9
local.source.spage49
local.source.volume8

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
ffk_09_2024_49-66_Venzmer_Ineffable-husbands_.pdf
Size:
1.1 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Original PDF with additional cover page.
Download

Collections

09 | 2024