Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Christina Aguilera Re-“Accelerates” Her Career in New Video As Kesha Doppelganger
Christina Aguilera has taken many career punches over the years, the last and most brutal ones being for her previous two albums, 2010’s Bionic and [Read More…]
Taylor Swift Wants to Continue Down the Path of Relatability With A Blooper Reel
Considering that 90s era cheese factor is all the rage when wielded ironically (as it is for the season four trailer of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), [Read More…]
Giovanni Bianco and Nicki Minaj Team to Unwittingly Re-Create “Vogue” at the 1990 MTV VMAs for “Barbie Tingz”
Giovanni Bianco, in addition to Steven Klein (who directed Minaj’s companion single, “Chun-Li“), is a longtime collaborator of Madonna’s in terms of art direction (most [Read More…]
Steven Klein Saturates the “Chun-Li” Music Video With His Fashion Photography Aesthetic
Steven Klein isn’t the type of man who will do just anyone‘s music video (though looking back at his past three, done for Lady Gaga, [Read More…]
Oscar Wilde: A Rather Unhappy Prince in The Happy Prince
For a man with a canon of work as scant and heavily reliant on epigrams as Oscar Wilde, there has been no shortage of examinations [Read More…]
Six Ways You Know You’re Watching A Wes Anderson Movie
Over the years, Wes Anderson’s distinctive style has made him and his work the source of infinite study and analysis. But on this May 1, [Read More…]
A Soft Spot for Richie Tenenbaum
It probably shouldn’t be the case that one of the most likable and empathetic characters of Wes Anderson’s expansive universe is someone so callow as [Read More…]
Avicii True Stories: When the Persona Is At War With the Artist
Upon the numerous “revelations” that people seem to be having all over again regarding Avicii’s tumultuously intertwined personal and professional life–most especially during eight years [Read More…]
Money Monster: All Corruption Restores Itself
In the earlier months of 2016, before the dark results of the election were even a thought in people’s minds, Jodie Foster’s fourth feature length [Read More…]
Janelle Monáe’s Dirty Computer: Well, Somebody to Had to Pick Up Where Prince Left Off
At a time when “gender fluidity” is the term bandied more freely than “pussy grabs back,” Janelle Monáe has seemed to remember that she is [Read More…]
