Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Olivia Colman Forgot to Thank Sophie Chapman for Leading Her to Effectively Play a Queen Bitch
A complex, more than slightly emotionally unstable heroine that makes multiple people vie for her affections? Well, of course that was what Sophie Chapman was [Read More…]
In the League of Jeff Gillooly: Jussie Smollett
As though 1994 were alive and well again (though unfortunately not in the sense that a Clinton is in office), Jussie Smollett (who no one [Read More…]
Don’t Forget About Lorde: Before thank u, next Melodrama Was The Post-Breakup Go-To
With Ariana Grande’s cathartic (not just for her either), recently released and record-shattering thank u, next, it’s easy to forget that it was just two [Read More…]
Karl Lagerfeld Wordlessly Sanctioned Sweatpants, Therefore Gave Up on Life
In the endless arsenal of “bitchy comments” to choose from in Karl Lagerfeld’s oeuvre, one of the most immortal shall remain, “Sweatpants are a sign [Read More…]
Andy Warhol Is All Over The American Meme, Literally and Figuratively
“You are exactly what he would have loved,” Kathy Hilton tells her socialite daughter, Paris as they talk about Andy Warhol and flip through old [Read More…]
The Defunct Ability to Lampoon Presidents With the Marilyn Monroe “Happy Birthday” Shtick
In 1993, the inauguration of Bill Clinton left the Gen X denizens of the U.S. with a sense of potential hope for the future. Well, [Read More…]
A Guy Ritchie Sort of Interpretation of Alice in Wonderland: Terminal
While Vaughn Stein’s writing and directorial debut, Terminal, may eventually get lost in the shuffle of Margot Robbie’s filmic canon–as she might forever be relegated [Read More…]
That Moment When Your Old Self Would Be Ashamed of Your New Self
There is a famed, cringe-worthy moment in the first episode of the fourth season of Sex and the City (“The Agony and the ‘Ex’-tacy”) in [Read More…]
Baby: Gossip Girl Italiano
Just as the rich and therefore troubled teens of the Upper East Side on Gossip Girl, the second Netflix original series set in Rome (the [Read More…]
“Finesse” Redux: Cardi B & Bruno Mars Can’t Get Together Without Serving Faux 90s R&B Vibes
Because most people are incapable of discerning that which is synthetic from that which is real, it’s only natural that Cardi B and Bruno Mars [Read More…]
