Takeo Rivera's guest appearances

Takeo Rivera

Town Hall Seattle Civics Series

Star Wars Music Minute

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Minutes 101-105 of The Empire Strikes Back feature extraordinary drama, peril, romance, and even some lightly comedic underscore. Takeo Rivera (English professor, playwright, performance studies specialist) returns to the show to discuss the score's function as a "warm blanket," Threepio's crush on Lando, the film's romantic aesthetics, and more. This episode is also on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fFWVEE9-3R0  Timestamps: 0:00 - Hello there! 3:54 - Brightness as a space of horror. 6:23 - Is ESB the most romantic Star Wars product? 9:09 - Yoda's theme while Luke sneaks around. 16:20 - Stark sounds and the score as a wonderful warm blanket. 19:58 - Vader at open mic night. 24:49 - Luke strikes first. ("Oedipally violent.") 27:17 - Cloud City is staged like a well-choreographed play. Consequences of digital aesthetic norms. 35:21 - Novel technologies become cliche become the new hegemony. Henrik Ibsen's naturalistic prose dialogue. Fungible packets of music. 48:34 - Start of 10M3 Chewie Chokes Lando. Bespin Dirge themes. 54:24 - Threepio's immediate crush on Lando. 57:17 - "Han" pronunciation and the cadence of languages. An interesting socio-linguistic moment. 1:06:10 - Subtle underscore while Chewie chokes Lando. Does the music empathize with Lando? 1:17:55 - Funereal music accompanying casket imagery. 1:24:22 - Perilous-sounding. Han and Leia theme. 1:25:14 - If Threepio played "F*ck Marry Kill" with Artoo, Lando, and Chewie... 1:31:00 - What makes the strings a "warm blanket?" Strings in the context of an orchestra. 1:36:14 - Musicality of lightsabers. 1:42:49 - Point for Nic Tan (circa 28:50 of ESB 18). 1:43:30 - Kinesthetic aesthetic of the prequels, Wuxia movies, high Hong Kong choreography. Visual vocabulary of epic spectacle. 1:51:52 - Psychology of Vader as a father. 1:58:22 - Powerful Force users shouldn't mix the Force with political power. 2:07:51 - SWMM Questionnaire  Things to Check Out: "Fuel" by Ani DiFranco - https://youtu.be/oTJFUg6N2XA TLJ 15: Brechtian Ben Swolo (Minutes 71-75 with Takeo Rivera) - https://youtu.be/0cUzoZ1SOx8 Dominic Sewell's analysis of 10M2 Luke Pursues The Captives - https://youtu.be/IMF8g44BQqA Dominic Sewell's analysis of 10M3 Chewie Chokes Lando (will link when it's available!) Complete Catalogue of the Musical Themes of Star Wars (by Frank Lehman): https://franklehman.com/starwars/.  Cues: 10M2 "Luke Pursues The Captives" 10M3 "Chewie Chokes Lando"  Musical Themes: Yoda (A Section) Bespin Dirge 1 Bespin Dirge 2 Imperials (Ostinato 1) Han &amp; Leia (A) Neapolitan Emergency  Where are we in the soundtrack?: "Carbon Freeze/Darth Vader's Trap/Departure of Boba Fett"  --------------- STAR WARS MUSIC MINUTE QUESTIONNAIRE: 1. In exactly 3 words, what does Star Wars sound like? Sweeping. Sentimental. Heroic.  2. What's something related to Star Wars music or sound that you want to learn more about? Musical vocabulary to describe the things he hears in the score.  3. What's a score or soundtrack you're fond of besides anything Star Wars? Princess Mononoke (Joe Hisaichi), The Hours (Philip Glass)  --------------- Guest: Takeo Rivera Website: https://takeorivera.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakeoRiveraPhD Model Minority Masochism (book): https://www.takeorivera.com/model-minority-masochism  ------------------ If you want to support the show and join the Discord server, consider becoming a patron!  https://patreon.com/chrysanthetan Leave a voice message, and I might play it on the show...   https://starwarsmusicminute.com/comlink Where else to find SWMM: Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarWarsMusMin YouTube: https://youtube.com/starwarsmusicminute TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@starwarsmusicminute? Instagram: https://instagram.com/starwarsmusicminute Email: podcast@starwarsmusicminute.com Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/starwarsmusmin

Minutes 101-105 of The Empire Strikes Back feature extraordinary drama, peril, romance, and even some lightly comedic underscore. Takeo Rivera (English professor, playwright, performance studies specialist) returns to the show to discuss the score's function as a "warm blanket," Threepio's crush on Lando, the film's romantic aesthetics, and more. This episode is also on YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/fFWVEE9-3R0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/fFWVEE9-3R0</a> Timestamps: <ul><li>0:00 - Hello there!</li> <li>3:54 - Brightness as a space of horror.</li> <li>6:23 - Is ESB the most romantic Star Wars product?</li> <li>9:09 - Yoda's theme while Luke sneaks around.</li> <li>16:20 - Stark sounds and the score as a wonderful warm blanket.</li> <li>19:58 - Vader at open mic night.</li> <li>24:49 - Luke strikes first. ("Oedipally violent.")</li> <li>27:17 - Cloud City is staged like a well-choreographed play. Consequences of digital aesthetic norms.</li> <li>35:21 - Novel technologies become cliche become the new hegemony. Henrik Ibsen's naturalistic prose dialogue. Fungible packets of music.</li> <li>48:34 - Start of 10M3 Chewie Chokes Lando. Bespin Dirge themes.</li> <li>54:24 - Threepio's immediate crush on Lando.</li> <li>57:17 - "Han" pronunciation and the cadence of languages. An interesting socio-linguistic moment.</li> <li>1:06:10 - Subtle underscore while Chewie chokes Lando. Does the music empathize with Lando?</li> <li>1:17:55 - Funereal music accompanying casket imagery.</li> <li>1:24:22 - Perilous-sounding. Han and Leia theme.</li> <li>1:25:14 - If Threepio played "F*ck Marry Kill" with Artoo, Lando, and Chewie...</li> <li>1:31:00 - What makes the strings a "warm blanket?" Strings in the context of an orchestra.</li> <li>1:36:14 - Musicality of lightsabers.</li> <li>1:42:49 - Point for Nic Tan (circa 28:50 of ESB 18).</li> <li>1:43:30 - Kinesthetic aesthetic of the prequels, Wuxia movies, high Hong Kong choreography. Visual vocabulary of epic spectacle.</li> <li>1:51:52 - Psychology of Vader as a father.</li> <li>1:58:22 - Powerful Force users shouldn't mix the Force with political power.</li> <li>2:07:51 - SWMM Questionnaire</li> </ul> Things to Check Out: <ul><li>"Fuel" by Ani DiFranco - <a href="https://youtu.be/oTJFUg6N2XA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/oTJFUg6N2XA</a></li> <li>TLJ 15: Brechtian Ben Swolo (Minutes 71-75 with Takeo Rivera) - <a href="https://youtu.be/0cUzoZ1SOx8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/0cUzoZ1SOx8</a></li> <li>Dominic Sewell's analysis of 10M2 Luke Pursues The Captives - <a href="https://youtu.be/IMF8g44BQqA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/IMF8g44BQqA</a></li> <li>Dominic Sewell's analysis of 10M3 Chewie Chokes Lando (will link when it's available!)</li> <li>Complete Catalogue of the Musical Themes of Star Wars (by Frank Lehman): <a href="https://franklehman.com/starwars/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://franklehman.com/starwars/.</a></li> </ul> Cues: <ul><li>10M2 "Luke Pursues The Captives"</li> <li>10M3 "Chewie Chokes Lando"</li> </ul> Musical Themes: <ul><li>Yoda (A Section)</li> <li>Bespin Dirge 1</li> <li>Bespin Dirge 2</li> <li>Imperials (Ostinato 1)</li> <li>Han &amp; Leia (A)</li> <li>Neapolitan Emergency</li> </ul> Where are we in the soundtrack?: <ul><li>"Carbon Freeze/Darth Vader's Trap/Departure of Boba Fett"</li> </ul> --------------- STAR WARS MUSIC MINUTE QUESTIONNAIRE: 1. In exactly 3 words, what does Star Wars sound like? <ul><li>Sweeping. Sentimental. Heroic.</li> </ul> 2. What's something related to Star Wars music or sound that you want to learn more about? <ul><li>Musical vocabulary to describe the things he hears in the score.</li> </ul> 3. What's a score or soundtrack you're fond of besides anything Star Wars? <ul><li>Princess Mononoke (Joe Hisaichi), The Hours (Philip Glass)</li> </ul> --------------- Guest: Takeo Rivera <ul><li>Website: <a href="https://takeorivera.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://takeorivera.com</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/TakeoRiveraPhD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/TakeoRiveraPhD</a></li> <li>Model Minority Masochism (book): <a href="https://www.takeorivera.com/model-minority-masochism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.takeorivera.com/model-minority-masochism</a></li> </ul> ------------------ If you want to support the show and join the Discord server, consider becoming a patron!  <a href="https://patreon.com/chrysanthetan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/chrysanthetan</a> Leave a voice message, and I might play it on the show...   <a href="https://starwarsmusicminute.com/comlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://starwarsmusicminute.com/comlink</a> Where else to find SWMM: <ul><li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/StarWarsMusMin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/StarWarsMusMin</a></li> <li>YouTube: <a href="https://youtube.com/starwarsmusicminute" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/starwarsmusicminute</a></li> <li>TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@starwarsmusicminute" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@starwarsmusicminute?</a></li> <li>Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/starwarsmusicminute" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/starwarsmusicminute</a></li> <li>Email: <a>podcast@starwarsmusicminute.com</a></li> <li>Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/starwarsmusmin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://buymeacoffee.com/starwarsmusmin</a></li></ul>

ESB 21: Oedipally Violent Romance (Minutes 101-105 with Takeo Rivera)

Khuê Ninh

In 2007, Azia Kim pretended to be a Stanford freshman and even lived in the school’s dormitory for several months. In 2010, Jennifer Pan hired a hitman to kill her parents after they found out she had been deceiving them about her educational successes. Why would someone make such an illogical choice? And how do they stage such convincing lies for so long?  erin Khuê Ninh considered what drives people to such extreme lengths in her book,  Passing for Perfect: College Impostors and Other Model Minorities. While situations like faking college acceptance or murdering one’s parents are outlier examples, they reveal the cost of the extreme pressure to achieve excellence. Ninh insisted that being a “model minority” is not a myth; it’s a set of convictions and aspirations woven into identities, particularly those of certain groups of Asian Americans, from an early age. But turning children into high-achieving professionals can come at a high price: What happens when failure becomes too difficult to admit? erin Khuê Ninh is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of Ingratitude: The Debt-Bound Daughter in Asian American Literature, which won the Literary Studies Book Award from the Association for Asian American Studies in 2013. Takeo Rivera is Assistant Professor of English at Boston University, where he is also core faculty in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and affiliated faculty in African American Studies and the Center for Antiracist Research. His book Model Minority Masochism: Performing the Cultural Politics of Asian American Masculinity is forthcoming from Oxford University Press in early 2022. He is also a Stanford alumnus who served as a resident assistant from 2006-2008. Buy the Book: Passing for Perfect: College Impostors and Other Model Minorities from Temple University Press Presented by Town Hall Seattle. To become a member or make a donation click here. 

In 2007, Azia Kim pretended to be a Stanford freshman and even lived in the school’s dormitory for several months. In 2010, Jennifer Pan hired a hitman to kill her parents after they found out she had been deceiving them about her educational successes. Why would someone make such an illogical choice? And how do they stage such convincing lies for so long? <a href="https://townhallseattle.org/event/erin-khue-ninh-with-takeo-rivera/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> erin Khuê Ninh considered what drives people to such extreme lengths in her book,</a> <a href="https://townhallseattle.org/event/erin-khue-ninh-with-takeo-rivera/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Passing for Perfect: College Impostors and Other Model Minoritie</a>s. While situations like faking college acceptance or murdering one’s parents are outlier examples, they reveal the cost of the extreme pressure to achieve excellence. Ninh insisted that being a “model minority” is not a myth; it’s a set of convictions and aspirations woven into identities, particularly those of certain groups of Asian Americans, from an early age. But turning children into high-achieving professionals can come at a high price: What happens when failure becomes too difficult to admit? erin Khuê Ninh is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of Ingratitude: The Debt-Bound Daughter in Asian American Literature, which won the Literary Studies Book Award from the Association for Asian American Studies in 2013. Takeo Rivera is Assistant Professor of English at Boston University, where he is also core faculty in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and affiliated faculty in African American Studies and the Center for Antiracist Research. His book Model Minority Masochism: Performing the Cultural Politics of Asian American Masculinity is forthcoming from Oxford University Press in early 2022. He is also a Stanford alumnus who served as a resident assistant from 2006-2008. Buy the Book: <a href="https://tupress.temple.edu/book/20000000010385" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Passing for Perfect: College Impostors and Other Model Minorities</a> from Temple University Press Presented by <a href="https://townhallseattle.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Town Hall Seattle</a>. To become a member or make a donation <a href="https://townhallseattle.org/support/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a>.

269. erin Khuê Ninh with Takeo Rivera: Model Minority Identity and the Pressure for Excellence