Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
THE Suicide Squad Gets A Lot More Political Than Plain Ol’ Suicide Squad
In many critics’ and audiences’ opinions, 2016’s Suicide Squad was, shall we say, “not the best.” Yet, in numerous ways, it’s an underrated DC Comics-based [Read More…]
Bitch Better Have Blood on Her Hands: The Billionaire’s “Plight”
While Rihanna might have had the last laugh on proving that women aren’t so “frivolous” in terms of having the power to forge billionaires, she’s [Read More…]
“Frivolous” Women Create Billionaires
The recent revelation of Rihanna’s newly acquired status as the latest addition to the Billionaire Club has left many in awe. Perhaps in even more [Read More…]
(As)Phyx(iate) You: Dennis Hopper Wants His Blue Velvet Act Back in The Weeknd’s “Take My Breath”
Not wanting to full-on steal the title from Berlin’s signature 80s classic, The Weeknd’s latest single is called “Take My Breath” instead of “Take My [Read More…]
Paris Hilton at the Grocery Store: A Stepford Wife Homage
Among the numerous tropes brandished for the sake of “comedy” in Cooking With Paris, the most consistently used one is of Paris Hilton at the [Read More…]
Paris Hilton Relies on a Tried-and-True Persona for Cooking With Paris, But Profligacy Is No Longer “Cute”
Painting herself evermore into the generational corner of “millennial icon,” Paris Hilton has found a new and particular way to make herself rather odious to [Read More…]
Cooking With Paris’ “Italian Night” Episode: A Study in How Money Can’t Buy Cultural Knowledge
There are, unsurprisingly, many issues with Paris Hilton’s latest foray into reality TV, Cooking With Paris, foremost of which is its proud parading of profligacy. [Read More…]
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain Delves Into the Psyche of a Man at Last Unable to Outrun His Pain
It was never a secret that Anthony Bourdain was not a particularly “rosy” sort of guy. But no one ever imagined that his perpetual state [Read More…]
Society’s Porcine Ways Revealed With Biting Subtlety in Pig
They say that it is the olfactory sense that is most closely linked to memory. But if Marcel Proust had anything to say about it [Read More…]
Bridgerton Shit: Pop Smoke and Dua Lipa’s “Demeanor” Video
Primping in the mirror, as a courtier (or Britney Spears in the “Circus” video) does, Dua Lipa establishes the intended—if not necessarily achieved—illicit tone of [Read More…]
