Author: Genna Rivieccio
Madonna to Guy: I’ll Do Our Purim Look Better With A Gay Man
The time is March 2005. Madonna had not yet suffered from a horseback riding accident that will make her realize how little interested Guy Ritchie [Read More…]
The Met Gala Theme’s Lack of Total Scandalization and Damnation is a Direct Result of the Blond Ambition Tour
Rewind your clocks, if you will, back to around July 9, 1990. It is the night before Madonna is to perform her first show at [Read More…]
The Video for “This Is America” Is, Frankly, More Powerful Than Generation Z
While much rightfully deserved ink has been devoted to the bravery of Generation Z and its associated spokespersons (namely Emma González) in the wake of the [Read More…]
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…]
