About the Author

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David Scott Diffrient is professor of film and media studies at Colorado State University. He is coeditor of Screwball Television: Critical Perspectives on "Gilmore Girls" and East Asian Film Remakes, as well as author of several books including Omnibus Films: Theorizing Transauthorial Cinema and Comic Drunks, Crazy Cults, and Lovable Monsters: Bad Behavior on American Television.