1. Practical Music, Personal Fantasy: Creating a Community of Song in Ally McBeal

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: Why Ally? 1
4. Aesthetics
5. 1. Practical Music, Personal Fantasy: Creating a Community of Song in Ally McBeal 19
6. 2. Getting into Ally’s Head: Special Effects, Imagination, and the Voice of Doubt 47
7. Narration and Argument
8. 3. Redeeming Ally: Seriality and the Character Network 73
9. 4. “Is It Possible to Love Somebody Only Two Days?”: Guest Stars and Eccentricity 145
10. 5. Victim of Love: Ally McBeal and the Politics of Protection 177
11. Afterword 193
12. Episode List 201
13. Notes 205
14. Bibliography 253
15. Index 267