Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Gossip Girl Turns Lord of the Flies: Bodies Bodies Bodies
In the “olden” times, rich people would often have to come up with melodramas to keep themselves amused. After all, they certainly didn’t have “work” [Read More…]
There’s A Fine Line Between Paradise and Hell: Don’t Worry Darling
When the grandsons of Dick Van Dyke come up with a story about the glorious mid-century era, perhaps one is quick to take their view [Read More…]
“La Isla Bonita” Redux: “Hung Up on Tokischa” Video Continues Madonna’s Tradition of Catholic Imagery and Latino Fetishism
In 2005, when Madonna first repurposed the lines, “Time goes by so slowly for those who wait,” it still felt somewhat earnest. Even if she [Read More…]
Do Revenge Does Strangers on a Train (Plus Every Other Major High School Movie)
Operating under the assumption that the high school experience is anything like it was in the 90s and 00s, Do Revenge seeks to pay homage [Read More…]
The “Fashion Cunt” Canon Continues to Be Built Upon With Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
What is it about the fashion industry that makes the people working in it feel they have a right to act so self-superior? So gatekeeper-esque. [Read More…]
Madonna Is “Hung Up on Tokischa” Beyond the Confines of Artistic Collaboration
The ostensible “romance” between Madonna and Tokischa has been brewing since, appropriately, Pride. Recreating her VMAs maneuver at a performance she called Finally Enough Love [Read More…]
“I Got Mouths to Feed”: Nope’s Commentary on the Unavoidable Capitulation to Capitalism
Apart from Jordan Peele’s Nope being a sinister “love letter” to Hollywood moviemaking and all the spectacle it can provide (where at-home streaming still cannot), [Read More…]
M.I.A. Offers A Touch of Severance For “Popular” Video
As predicted, M.I.A. was never really going to make 2016’s AIM her “last” album. And it’s good to be vindicated about that because the world [Read More…]
The Eloi and Morlocks Representing the Outies and Innies of Severance
It’s something, to be sure, that everyone has thought about, in one form or another. The idea of being able to get “another person” to [Read More…]
Robert Zemeckis Remaking Pinocchio: Why?
Just when you thought no interpretation of an Italian accent could be more offensive than what occurred in House of Gucci, Robert Zemeckis comes along [Read More…]
