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 Streets of Salvador Are a Runway in Anitta’s Video For “Me Gusta”
With the clout (no song allusion intended) of Cardi B’s recent “WAP” success, Anitta has picked the perfect moment to feature her on her latest [Read More…]
An Imagining of Madonna’s Biopic With A Jennifer’s Body Tone
While Jennifer’s Body continues to be vindicated as time wears on and people suddenly realize how on-trend a boy-eating bisexual cheerleader is, it appears as [Read More…]
Ratched: A Show That Could Just As Easily Not Be Billed As Being About Nurse Ratched, So Much As One About Psychos in Positions of Authority in The Mental Health Industry
While Ryan Murphy does so love to make his shows centered around icons of pop culture, his latest series, Ratched, the supposed origin story of [Read More…]
After They Wake Up: There’s A Reason John Carpenter Couldn’t Give an Epilogue to They Live
As the 80s drew to a close, the hangover that was to come as a result of the excess was already brewing. The effects of [Read More…]
“Bedtime Story” and “Dark Ballet” Bone Fellini in “911”
While it is perhaps redundant (not reductive) at this juncture to point out that Lady Gaga has a tendency to “borrow” from Madonna–a fact that [Read More…]
Carrie Bradshaw Lives Inside The Matrix, Ergo New York Is The Matrix
Cogito, ergo sum. That’s the philosophical aphorism Descartes left us with. But no one said that just because you think, you’re actually delving into what’s [Read More…]
The Rest Of Us: A Unique Glimpse Into the Dynamic of “Starter” Family vs. New Family
After years spent working on short films and documentaries, Canadian writer-director Aisling Chin-Yee finally saw fit to give us a full-length feature, The Rest of [Read More…]
Arrested Development, Paris Hilton Edition: What the Latest Documentary on the Socialite Reveals
If you asked anyone their immediate perception of Paris Hilton, they would either blink at you absently like you’re insane and pretend they haven’t thought [Read More…]
Amy Winehouse: A Final Emblem of a Generation of Women Willing to Justify Cad-ish Male Behavior as True Love
It was the most overt and major stain on her. A scarlet F for Fool. And yet, it was the very thing that propelled her [Read More…]
Antebellum (Not Lady) Borrows From the Running Out of Time Playbook of Plot Twists
For those who remember a bit of plagiarism controversy when M. Night Shyamalan’s 2004 movie, The Village, first came out, it was because of the [Read More…]
