Category: Television
Only Social Suicides in the Building: Gossip Girl 2.0’s First Season Hopes to be As Much of a Time Capsule as the Original
Being that the entire purported reason behind rebooting the 00s staple that is Gossip Girl was to set its technology in the modern era, it [Read More…]
The Case for Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson Being the New Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper When It Comes to Project Promotion
Whenever there is a project to promote in the entertainment industry, a time-honored way to “generate buzz” has always been to get people speculating whether [Read More…]
The Asexual Crush of Gunther
Gunther from Friends has been called many things. Including, rightly so, the saddest character on television. And also, well, he’s been deemed very obviously gay. [Read More…]
Parasite and Squid Game: On the Two Biggest Things Out of S. Korea (as Far as America is Concerned) Speaking to Class Division
There is a message being repeated over and over. A loud and clear truth that no one—even after all that’s happened since both the “election” [Read More…]
Bitch Better Have My Money: Squid Game Affirms There’s Not Much Point in Living Without the Required Funds
As 28 Days Later deftly illuminates, human beings have an innate tendency to carry on even when every possible piece of evidence exists for them [Read More…]
We Have Always Lived in This Hotel: On AHS’ Fifth Season and Being Trapped in a Time and Place More Than Just Physically
While many American Horror Story seasons have come and gone since its fifth, Hotel, in 2015, something about it makes it remain among the standouts [Read More…]
Valeria Season 2 Decides to Succumb Fully to the Sex and the City Comparison (But It’s Still More Interesting to Watch Than Carrie B.’s Fuckery)
When we left Valeria at the end of season one, she was burdened with the decision about what to do regarding her book deal for [Read More…]
Armond Is The Poster Child for Middle Management Hell
Among the many unforgettable moments that transpired in Mike White’s latest series, The White Lotus, the character of Armond (Murray Bartlett) himself is possibly the [Read More…]
Class Is In Session: The White Lotus
Picking up where the motif of his last HBO effort, Enlightened, left off (in terms of the “wellness” aspect), Mike White brings us another scathing [Read More…]
Paris Hilton at the Grocery Store: A Stepford Wife Homage
Among the numerous tropes brandished for the sake of “comedy” in Cooking With Paris, the most consistently used one is of Paris Hilton at the [Read More…]