Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Emily in Paris Season 3 Aims to Solidify Itself As the McDonald’s Version Sex and the City—While Promoting McDonald’s
It seems all too on the nose that the first episode of Emily in Paris’ third season would immediately bring McDonald’s into the formulaic equation. [Read More…]
Harry & Meghan: A Love Story Bogged Down by Family, Media and Racism
In the fifth episode of Harry & Meghan, the lyrics to Nina Simone’s “Do What You Gotta Do” play (which Kanye “Ye” West unfortunately repurposed [Read More…]
Home Alone 2: New York’s Nothing But Fun on Borrowed Dough… Until It Runs Out
Among the many “reassessments” of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, complete with its implausible representation of realistic geographic proximity, one that hasn’t really [Read More…]
Hungry Love: Bones and All
Despite the alleged increasing “openness” of society to those who are “different,” there remains a paucity of films about cannibals. And even literary tales of [Read More…]
Caroline Polachek Channels Circe on “Welcome to My Island”
On the heels of the “Sunset” video, Caroline Polachek continues to intensify the anticipation of her fourth solo record, Desire, I Want to Turn Into [Read More…]
Emily the Criminal Underscores the Cycle of Poverty in All Its Unavoidability As a Law-Abiding Sap
While everyone is still focused on Aubrey Plaza’s performance as Harper Spiller in The White Lotus, it bears reminding the masses of another Plaza performance [Read More…]
Class and Karma Collide in The White Lotus’ Second Season, Or: STD Party in Sicily
After a long viewer journey meant to cover a mere week in Taormina, Sicily (a.k.a. tourist kryptonite thanks to The Godfather being shot there), the [Read More…]
Madonna Gambles on Rereleasing “Gambler”
Apropos of nothing—not even some TikTok virality bullshit—Madonna has seen fit to reissue her 1985 single, “Gambler,” for all streaming platforms. Although Madonna has been [Read More…]
It’s Time to Acknowledge Ellie Goulding’s “Lights” As a Christmas Song
For a while now, Ellie Goulding has been the unsung heroine of an unacknowledged Christmas classic in the seasonal canon. That’s right, 2011’s “Lights,” from [Read More…]
Did You Know That Lana Del Rey Wouldn’t Give Us A Song Without A Bit of L.A. History To It?, Or: “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd”
Having recently cited Harry Nilsson’s “Coconut” as one of her all-time favorite songs, maybe it should come as no shock that Lana Del Rey has [Read More…]
