The Shawshank Experience: Tracking the History of the World's Favorite Movie

Tuesday, November 6, 2018 - 4:00pm

Address:
Ronk Lecture Hall - Schar Center of Education - Ashland University
340 Samaritan Avenue
Ashland, OH 44805

Presented By: Ashland University English Department
www.ashland.edu/cas/calendar/11-6-18/shawshank-experience-book-talk

Dr. Maura Grady will read from her book, "The Shawshank Experience: Tracking the History of the World's Favorite Movie. The book features an in-depth analysis of the world's most popular movie, "The Shawshank Redemption", delving into issues such as: the significance of race in the film, its cinematic debt to earlier genres, the gothic influences at work in the movie, and the representation of Andy's poster art as cross-gendered signifiers. In addition to exploring the film and novella from which it was adapted, this book also traces the history of the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, which served as the film's central location, and its relationship to the movie's fictional Shawshank Prison. The last chapter examines why this film has remained both a popular and critical success, inspiring diverse fan bases on the Internet and the evolution of The Shawshank Trail, 14 of the film's actual site locations that have become a major tourist attraction in central Ohio. 

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