Abstract:Reflecting on her own healing from the trauma of losing her husband during the April 16, 2007, Virginia Tech massacre, the author explores how viewers can use television as an individualized tool for emotional strengthening. Television can give the freedom to explore post-traumatic feelings at one's own pace, assisting the ability to achieve control of emotions. In the essay, the author explores her repulsion toward fiction, caused by the need for moral witnessing, and how the HBO documentary fiction, Treme, challenged that response to trauma. The show entailed many features of moral witnessing, and its fictional components allowed viewers to access the inaccessible—the trauma caused by Hurricane Katrina—without risking exploitation of personal memories and intrusion of privacy. Ultimately, Treme paved the way for the author's return to fiction as a source of pleasure.

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开箱即用：电视、纪录片和治疗艺术

摘要：作者回顾了自己在 2007 年 4 月 16 日弗吉尼亚理工大学大屠杀中失去丈夫的创伤后的康复过程，探讨了观众如何将电视作为一种个性化的情感强化工具。电视可以让人们自由地按照自己的节奏探索创伤后的感受，帮助实现控制情绪的能力。在这篇文章中，作者探讨了她因需要道德见证而对小说的厌恶，以及 HBO 纪录片小说《Treme》如何挑战这种对创伤的反应。该节目包含道德见证的许多特征，其虚构的成分让观众能够接触到难以接近的东西——卡特里娜飓风造成的创伤——而不会冒着利用个人记忆和侵犯隐私的风险。最终，Treme 为作者铺平了道路