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 Legend of a Man-Fish”: The Shape of Water at Last Finds The Creature From the Black Lagoon Vindicated
“Time is but a river flowing from our past.” This is the first “thought of the day” we’re confronted with as mute cleaning woman Elisa [Read More…]
Circe & Psychology: The Feminist Undertones of Molly’s Game
While the criticism levied specifically at Jessica Chastain–as opposed to the other white actresses she appeared on the tone deaf cover of The Los Angles [Read More…]
The Greatest Showman Suffers From the Same Problems as P.T. Barnum
There are two ways to look at P.T. Barnum: a man promoting diversity during a time when it was unheard of to do so or [Read More…]
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…]
