Category: Television
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…]
I Don’t Like New York…Even In Small Doses: Flipping the Script on a Line From the Season 3 Finale of Only Murders in the Building
A twice-repeated “joke” in the formulaic (for the series) season finale of Only Murders in the Building, “Opening Night,” has two of its main characters [Read More…]
When Carrie Bradshaw Shamed Women With “Free Time,” Or: In Defense of Charlotte York’s “Retro” Decision to Not Work
Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), who has hardly ever been what one might call a “women’s advocate” (see: defending sexually predatory behavior), once famously shamed [Read More…]
If You Want to Raise Significant Funds for Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF) Healthcare, Maybe Don’t Auction the “Prize” of Lena Dunham Painting A Mural
As much as people want to believe the saying, “Every little bit helps,” sometimes, in all honesty, it really doesn’t. For, just as Lena Dunham’s [Read More…]
The Dissociative Delights of Charles-Haden Savage’s White Room
Giving name to the thing we all retreat to when embarrassment or generally unpleasant/traumatizing situations take hold, Only Murders in the Building’s fourth episode, “The [Read More…]
SATC’s Most Titillating Character Gets the Limpest Cameo of All Time
While many had foolishly expressed excitement over the prospect of seeing Kim Cattrall reprise her role as Samantha Jones (even if only for seventy-five seconds) [Read More…]
No Sexual Pun Intended, But And Just Like That… Is Completely Overstuffed (With Characters)
Perhaps because it takes a literal army to distract from the reality that Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall) is no longer part of the narrative, And [Read More…]