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SEXY NERDS: COMPUTERS & THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CEREBRAL HERO IN TV DRAMA |
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| Posted on Monday, May 03 @ 15:28:21 CDT by Dolemite |
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 One of the presentations that will be given by Amy Sturgis this year at PhreakNIC. Read on for more information about this talk.
What began the trend of "geek chic"? How have key brainy television heroes managed, against great odds and contrary expectations, to be seen by audiences as "hip," "cool," and even "sexy"? Just as Sherlock Holmes, the first techno-hero, emerged during the Industrial Revolution, the various incarnations of the cerebral hero on television correspond roughly to new innovations in computer technology. From The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'s Illya Kuryakin to Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Rupert Giles, from Star Trek's Mr. Spock to Enterprise's Commander T'Pol, Dr. Amy H. Sturgis will trace the development of television's geeks-turned-heartthrobs, and explore what cultural and technological changes they represent.
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