Category: Television
“Passive” Living Has A Price (And It’s Called White Guilt): The Curse
Consistently talked about as the weirdest, most unclassifiable thing that has ever aired on television (obviously, those who say that have never seen Twin Peaks), [Read More…]
Lessons in How the 50s Were a Fucking Nightmare, Or: Lessons in Chemistry
“Let’s begin, shall we?” So goes the final line of the final episode (“Introduction to Chemistry”) of Lessons in Chemistry. A “catch phrase,” if you [Read More…]
Diana’s Ghost Might Actually Come Back to Punish Those Responsible for The Crown Season 6
Princess Diana’s life, of course, has always been the stuff that soap opera fodder is made of. But usually, that “fodder” has been given the [Read More…]
The Morning Show Season 3: Hollow Tears for a Hollow Billionaire
“Jumping the shark” is bound to happen on any TV series if it goes on long enough. And maybe, after a mere three seasons, The [Read More…]
The Grim Fan Fiction Presented by the Mean Girls x Wal-Mart Commercial
In 2023, Wal-Mart has so “generously” allowed us to catch a glimpse into the lives of where the mean girls from 2004 are now. Not [Read More…]
Gen Zers Think Millennials Are Cringe, But Still Want to Emulate Them in the Mean Girls Commercial
Apart from being one of the most overt pieces of capitalist propaganda to wield pop culture in recent memory, the Mean Girls x Wal-Mart commercial [Read More…]
Mean Girls x Wal-Mart Commercial: A None Too Subtle Trojan Horse for Capitalism Via Millennial Nostalgia
As the “reunion” that everyone’s been waiting for, it was practically inevitable that the Mean Girls “assembly” (high school pun intended) would disappoint. Mainly because, [Read More…]
The BoJack Horseman/Matthew Perry Parallel
While Matthew Perry, like his other fellow Friends cast members (mainly Jennifer Aniston), may have been able to secure enough film work in the 90s [Read More…]
Goosebumps Comes For the Very Generation That Grew Up On It
When it comes to repackaging pop culture, nothing has ever been sacred. Least of all R. L. Stine’s Goosebumps, which has been reworked a few [Read More…]
A Chasm in the TV Space-Time Continuum, Or: Rachel Green Fucks Don Draper
Just when you thought scenes of Rachel Green Alex Levy boning Don Draper Paul Marks (not the other way around, as some might sexistly presume) [Read More…]