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 Pigeon Lady in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as Inspiration to Us All
Perhaps at the time–1992–there was no scarier fate to any gender than ending up a homeless, middle-aged woman. That being said, the now iconic Pigeon [Read More…]
The Unwarranted Malignment of Madonna’s Version of “Santa Baby”
It’s been said that “Santa Baby” is one of those songs that never needed to be re-recorded after its original Eartha Kitt version in 1953. [Read More…]
A Few Potential Motives for Mariah Returning to Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve
Usually, when one makes a very public faux pas, like, say, coming unannounced onto TRL in an oversized shirt and pretending to sell ice cream, [Read More…]
Brenda in Adventures in Babysitting as Precursor to Barb in Stranger Things
Considering the thoroughness with which Stranger Things strives to appear as a show directly out of the 80s, it’s not remarkable that the inspiration for [Read More…]
The Profound Sadness of Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Often considered the most prized reindeer of Santa Claus for his uniqueness and having an entire song and multiple movies devoted to him, there is [Read More…]
Don’t Ever Get Married: The Purple Rain Mantra Applies to Tonya Harding Biopic I, Tonya
As The Kid’s father (a.k.a. “Francis L.”), warned him in Purple Rain, “Don’t ever get married.” Or at least don’t let someone’s abusive form of [Read More…]
Living In Oblivion Parodies Indie Filmmaking Being Just As Impure As Major Budget Movies
The 90s. Arguably the time when indie filmmaking was at its peak definition of “indie,” in terms of major Hollywood actors suddenly wanting to get [Read More…]
Tell-Tale Heart Syndrome in Search Party Season 2: What Happens When the Problems You Thought You Wanted Become Real
When the finale of Search Party‘s first season “aired” back in November of 2016, viewers were met with a denouement very unlike any they’d ever [Read More…]
“Out of My Head” is The Jesus Prayer of Getting Over Someone
The unstoppable Charli XCX is out with yet another mixtape–proving that full-length albums are increasingly a seemingly quaint notion when you can entice a listener [Read More…]
Somehow Taylor Swift Manages to Monopolize the Anti-Sexual Harassment Movement #Too
No one is denying that Taylor Swift is a member of the countless, still unknown cases of sexual assault that have occurred in the entertainment [Read More…]
