Q1: Cavell says that when a member in a genre-as-medium "diverges", it "compensates" for this divergence. (p. 200) How does he see this as possible? Does this compensation take the form of being more "stereotypical" ? Does it just mean that the movie is for the most part like the "typical" movie of that genre or what?
Q2: I noticed that Cavell's idea that tv works in serial and movies are more individual reminded me of the idea of site specificity. A movie can stand alone, it's the experience of the individual movie (phenomonological) whereas in tv, it's more the idea, the characters that make a tv program worthwhile (discursive). It's not an exact analogy, but it's an idea. My question would be is this a fair analogy?
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