Category: Television
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…]
Paris Hilton Relies on a Tried-and-True Persona for Cooking With Paris, But Profligacy Is No Longer “Cute”
Painting herself evermore into the generational corner of “millennial icon,” Paris Hilton has found a new and particular way to make herself rather odious to [Read More…]
Cooking With Paris’ “Italian Night” Episode: A Study in How Money Can’t Buy Cultural Knowledge
There are, unsurprisingly, many issues with Paris Hilton’s latest foray into reality TV, Cooking With Paris, foremost of which is its proud parading of profligacy. [Read More…]
Cruel Summer and Death of a Cheerleader: Lessons in the Detriments of Obsessing Over the Popular Girl
It’s only fitting that a TV movie from the mid-90s about the damaging effects of socioeconomic self-comparison among high school students should be similar in [Read More…]
The Real Lesson of Mare of Easttown: Gun Control
The various dissections of Mare of Easttown may forever continue to unfold (as is the case with The Sopranos), which is somewhat ironic considering the [Read More…]
Mare of Easttown: Not A Great PSA For Pennsylvania Continuing to Be Seen as a State of Inbreedin’ Rednecks
While, for the most part, pretty much all of America can be accused of being decidedly redneck—except for those rare “city pockets”—Pennsylvania (even in spite [Read More…]
