“The Carver”
Nip Tuck Television Series 2 episode 15- series 3

Delving into the body of The Carver from the television medical drama Nip Tuck provides a complex study of one body with two facades. Through textual analysis body descriptions and aesthetics provide insight into an interpretation of meaning gained from the body. The use of intertextual references to urban myths provides the body with the power to evoke fear amongst the audience. The body gains greater meaning through complexities of sexuality and conflicting inscribed values. Through looking at abjection and cinematic semiotics the body is given greater substance and depth. The Carver is the name given to the masked and suited body in the television series Nip Tuck. In studying this body as a text it is necessary to examine both the costumed facade of The Carver and the body behind the mask.

On a textual level the Carver acts as a catalyst against the world of cosmetic surgery “the vanity......

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Title: The Carver
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Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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