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Spectatorial

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spec·ta·tor  (spkttr)
n.
An observer of an event.

[Latin specttor, from spectre, to watch; see spectacle.]

specta·tori·al (-t-tôr-l, -tôr-) adj.
specta·tor·ship n.


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In Legends, Hsi Ching and his siblings' kung fu fighting is performed uninterrupted and framed frontally by the camera for the spectatorial gaze of Van Helsing, and by extension, an imagined white spectator.
They also focus specifically on the role of the spectator and explain their process in poetic terms: "To set up the spectatorial imaginary: to assume the role of the one who arrives early, the one who arrives late, in the middle (always in the middle), and who is always already leaving early.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This strategy also enables Akerman to further extend the spectatorial mode of patient contemplation.
 
 
 
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