Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Accusing Taylor Swift of Promoting Colonialism in Latest Video Is Giving Her A Bit Too Much Credit
To quote Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona in 10 Things I Hate About You, “What is it with this chick? She have beer-flavored nipples?” This [Read More…]
No One Can Play Lucille Ball Except Lucille Ball
The surfeit of biopics in the world of film never ceases. Just when one thinks that producers have exhausted every possible major icon to sully [Read More…]
Identifying With Carrie’s Writing Failure in SATC 2
Although Sex and the City 2 was even worse than the first movie, and served largely as a tourism campaign for Abu Dhabi, there is [Read More…]
Is Awkwardness the New Controversy?: A Question Posed by the 2015 VMAs
It’s no secret that the VMA’s have been in sharp decline since the infamous Britney/Madonna (and Christina) kiss in 2003, but the depths of just [Read More…]
The Amy Schumer & Jennifer Lawrence Romance Has Already Been Done By Madonna & Sandra Bernhard
In keeping with America’s obsession with celebrity culture, people have a tendency to get very excited about two famous women being friends. Whether this has [Read More…]
The Epicness of the “Color Blind” Scene in Cruel Intentions
There are few movie scenes in late 90s film history with half as much intensity as the one that takes place at the end of [Read More…]
Taylor Swift’s Onstage Shtick Is Getting Old
At this point in the Taylor Swift game, it’s safe to say that the extent of any backlash directed toward her has stemmed only from [Read More…]
That’s Countess Rayanne To You
Allison Joy Langer a.k.a. A.J. Langer–better known as Rayanne Graff–is the cult figure whose role on My So-Called Life as the troubled, alcoholic-prone best friend [Read More…]
The Lukewarmness of Hot Pursuit
Director Anne Fletcher has long been on a commercial winning streak with movies like Step Up, 27 Dresses and The Proposal. That streak began to [Read More…]
B-Side: A Story About a Britney Spears-esque Fading Pop Star
It’s a tale as old as the existence of celebrity: a famous person (or waning famous person, in this case) falling in love with a [Read More…]
