'Mystery Science Theater 3000' class coming to Texas Tech

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Texas Tech recently announced that honor college students will soon able to take a pop-culture course on "Mystery Science Theater 3000."

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Texas Tech recently announced that honor college students will soon able to take a pop-culture course on "Mystery Science Theater 3000."

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Texas Tech honor college students will soon have the privilege to sign up for a course on "Mystery Science Theater 3000," the 1988 cult classic TV show.

The original series, which has now been brought back to life on Netflix, features a man and his two robot sidekicks poking fun at terrible, low-budget movies.

While most viewers and fans wouldn't think twice about the style of laid back joke cracking, the new course's professor, humanities and popular-culture librarian Rob Weiner, thinks otherwise.

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"MST3K is an example of a mashup, which takes one piece of art and combines it with another," said Weiner in a press release announcing the class. "The series features B-movies enhanced through riffing."

Weiner believes that other mediums that use riffing, like YouTube or video game-streaming site Twitch, have Mystery Science Theater to partially thank for riffing's popularity.

"Students who may have only heard of 'Mystery Science Theater' from their parents are now doing rigorous research while critically analyzing its production, lensing and audience," added Aliza Wong, associate dean of the Honors College. "What Mr. Weiner does is take what we deem 'popular culture' and turn it into intellectual culture. His enthusiasm is infectious."

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The course, available in the fall, will also discuss the "art" of the movie-going experience and tackle the mystery behind what makes something iconic and funny.

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