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TV that looks back

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TVs sometimes watch back

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The old, familiar cinematic trope of TVs that watch back is deployed unapologetically in this final scene from Enemy of the State, which ironically segues directly to Larry King declaring the need for limits on the government's right to violate the privacy of citizens. The TV also appears here as a conduit for individual communication by a reformed NSA operative who has eluded and reversed the gaze of the state surveillance apparatus.


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Copyright 2010, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. ccManager. (2011, August 04). TV that looks back. Retrieved May 21, 2012, from Critical Commons Web site: http://criticalcommons.org/Members/ccManager/commentaries/tv-that-looks-back. This work is licensed under a No Copyright; No Rights Reserved.