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 Death of the 90s in the Span of a Week: Keith Flint, Luke Perry & the Release of Leaving Neverland
Despite the steady and constant stream of 90s nostalgia that has kept Urban Outfitters afloat for the past decade, the actual death of all the [Read More…]
Dylan McKay: The Last of the Moody Heterosexual Male Tropes
It was roughly around the time of 1995 (also, incidentally, the same year Luke Perry left Beverly Hills 90210 to pursue “other projects”) that the [Read More…]
“Smack My Bitch Up” Video Remains One of the Most Provocative In Terms of Challenging Our Views on Gender
With the distorted perspective that Jonas Åkerlund would end up unwittingly commercializing in the video for Madonna’s “Ray of Light” in 1998, he implemented on [Read More…]
Love Means Never Telling Someone You’re Crippled, Emotionally or Otherwise: An Affair to Remember
In the tropes of both life and cinema, it is touted that true love means not only never having to say you’re sorry, but also [Read More…]
MARINA Likens the Incongruities of Love to Celebrity on “Superstar”
Not to be confused with Madonna’s own “Superstar” (which featured backing vocals from Lourdes Leon) from 2012’s underrated breakup record MDNA, MARINA has given us [Read More…]
The Frances Ha Philosophy of Soul Mates in My Brilliant Friend
Perhaps in some way it’s no coincidence that Frances Ha (with Lady Bird secretly serving as the eponymous character’s origin story) was released to theaters [Read More…]
Blame It On Daddy: Clean Bandit feat. Ellie Goulding’s “Mama” Video
Though it is an oversimplification that parents are perhaps ultimately the root of all evil when it comes to the children they hath wrought (here’s [Read More…]
“You Know What Successful People Do? They Move On”: But That’s Too Much to Ask For a…Destroyer
Another story about a cop in L.A., another tale of moral corruption. Of course, that’s what Karyn Kusama’s latest film, Destroyer, is about on the [Read More…]
Madonna Takes on the Character of Her Truth or Dare Persona for 1990 Iteration of Maternalness
Sucking on her candy of choice in those days–a Mike and Ike–she says, “I think I have unconsciously chosen people that are emotionally crippled in [Read More…]
No, Green Book Shouldn’t Have Won Best Picture… But That Doesn’t Mean BlacKkKlansman Should Have Either
While it’s just another normal year when the Academy has both disappointed and opted to revert to its usual pattern of falling for a movie [Read More…]
