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Beautiful TV [3.15.218.254] Project MUSE (2024-04-20 01:51 GMT) The Art and Argument of Ally McBeal greg m. smith University of Texas Press Austin Beautiful TV Copyright © 2007 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2007 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 www.utexas.edu/utpress/about/bpermission.html ∞ The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Smith, Greg M. Beautiful TV : the art and argument of Ally McBeal / Greg M. Smith. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-292-71642-1 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-292-71642-7 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-292-71643-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-292-71643-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Ally McBeal (Television program) 2. Television--Aesthetics. I. Title. PN1992.77.A533S65 2007 791.45'72—dc22 2006033327 [3.15.218.254] Project MUSE (2024-04-20 01:51 GMT) For Mary, who made my heart go “boom” THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...

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