Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Why Didn’t Someone Do A Lesbian Frankenstein Concept Before?: Kehlani’s “Nights Like This” Video
Reinventing the wheel of geekdom from its John Hughes iteration in Weird Science (and, of course, long before in every cinematic production of Frankenstein), Kehlani [Read More…]
Rewriting Samantha Jones’ Child Interaction Scene
There wasn’t much that Kim Cattrall as Samantha Jones couldn’t get away with on Sex and the City. From acrobatic sex acts to sporting fake [Read More…]
A Fame Compendium Arises in “Hope Is A Dangerous Thing For A Woman Like Me–But I Have It”
An impish grin characterizes Lana Del Rey’s expression on the more than somewhat lo-fi album cover for her latest single, “Hope Is A Dangerous Thing [Read More…]
Yes, Just What the Screenwriter Needed–Another Dig At Their Insignificance
While there seems to be a premium on being hyper-sensitive toward offending others in the present climate of Hollywood, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph seemed [Read More…]
Who’s That (Fiji Water) Girl?: At Last, A Hollywood Discovery Story to Rival Lana Turner’s
Just when you thought that there was no such thing as being “discovered” anymore, along comes Kelleth Cuthbert a.k.a. Fiji Water Girl a.k.a. the first [Read More…]
Why It Was More Significant for Glenn Close to Win the Golden Globe for Best Actress Than Lady Gaga
As Hollywood becomes increasingly determined to make good on their promise about incorporating equality at every level of the industry, the Hollywood Foreign Press seemed [Read More…]
Roma: Cleaning Waters Run Deep
If there could be one word used to describe Alfonso Cuarón’s latest, Roma, it would have to be water. Even more than, say, a movie [Read More…]
If Beale Street Could Talk…It Would Tell You That Love Is A Bitch
By the time James Baldwin’s fifth novel, If Beale Street Could Talk, came out in 1974, he had already defected to the south of France–had [Read More…]
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 2: An Exploration of the Sacrifice of a Successful Personal Life an Artist Must Make
As we find Miriam Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan) navigating her way through the sharky waters of escalating success and recognition at the tail end of the [Read More…]
A Simple Favor: If Serena Van Der Woodsen Had A Mouth on Her
In the period since Blake Lively has graduated from her millennial Carrie Bradshaw role (sorry Lena Dunham) as Serena Van Der Woodsen, her film choices [Read More…]
