12. Crackle
Crackle is a proprietary streaming video service, in that most of its content is from Sony's film and television libraries (Sony is the parent company that owns Crackle). Crackle offers a good selection of TV series, like The Shield and Seinfeld. Crackle also created an original drama called Chosen that might well be worth your time, and has produced a few films, too. If you create an account, you are able to create watch-lists, notifications, and share your viewing on social media sites. One of the useful aspects of the Crackle site is that they describe why a particular video "crackles" and this gives you some insights on what the particular feature is about. Like other free providers, commercials appear at different points in your viewing experience. Oh, and if you like Godzilla, the site has about 28 of the Godzilla films available. While some Crackle content is available in Canada, the UK, and Australia, there are limitations. One alternative to these viewing restrictions - for Crackle and other sites - is to consider a VPN service.
Scott A. Lukas
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Scott A. Lukas has taught anthropology and sociology Lake Tahoe Community College for sixteen years and in 2013 was Visiting Professor of American Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. He has been recognized with the McGraw-Hill Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching of Anthropology by the American Anthropological Association (2005), the California Hayward Award for Excellence in Education (2003), and a Sierra Arts Foundation Artist Grant Program Award in Literary–Professional (2009). In 2006, he was a nominee to the California Community College Board of Governors. He is the author/editor of The Immersive Worlds Handbook (2012), Theme Park (2008), The Themed Space: Locating Culture, Nature, and Self (2007), Fear, Cultural Anxiety, and Transformation: Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy Films Remade, (co-edited with John Marmysz, 2009), Recent Developments in Criminological Theory (co-edited with Stuart Henry, 2009), and Strategies in Teaching Anthropology (2010). His book Theme Park was recently translated into Arabic. He appeared in the documentary The Nature of Existence and has provided interviews for To the Best of Our Knowledge, The Huffington Post UK, The Daily Beast, The Washington Post, and Caravan (India).
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