Category: Television
Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin Comes to Life in Living With Yourself
Self-hate is almost an even stranger animal in the twenty-first century. For it’s so intrinsically linked to narcissism and the constant need to compare oneself [Read More…]
Baby’s Second Season is Another Look at the Italian Dilemma with the Madonna/Whore Complex
When last we left the Gossip Girl-like lives of Chiara Altieri (Benedetta Porcaroli) and Ludovica (Alice Pagani), they had gotten in too deep at Mirage, [Read More…]
The Merciful Return of January Jones as a Blacked Out Housewife
While January Jones may have played the bizarre role of Melissa Shart in the equally bizarre cancelled Fox series (because you usually can’t say Fox [Read More…]
The Politician Oozes Royal Tenenbaums Absurdity–And Not Just Because Gwyneth Paltrow Is In It
With the cautionary opening title card, “The Politician is about moxie, ambition and getting what you want at all costs. But for those who struggle [Read More…]
Betty Draper’s Twilight Sleep and Its Relation to Lana Del Rey’s “Shades of Cool” Video
Jake Nava’s direction of music videos over the years has often favored a suburban milieu with a seedy underbelly. From Lindsay Lohan’s “Over” video to [Read More…]
In AHS: 1984, The Decade of Excess is Nothing to Romanticize
Every time you think Ryan Murphy and co-writer/creator Brad Falchuk couldn’t possibly come up with another concept for American Horror Story, lo and behold, we [Read More…]
Season Three of 13 Reasons Why Aims to Humanize the Sexual Assaulter, Speaks to A Larger Devolution of #MeToo
Because there seems to be a certain expiration date on how long women can act “uppity” about being treated like second class citizens (this perhaps [Read More…]
Jessica Jones, Season 3: A Nod to the Most Unique Masochists of All–The Ones Who Stay in NYC
There are two factions of NYC residents: those who leave and those who stay. Those who declare their undying devotion for it and those who [Read More…]
The Russians Own the American Mall & Other Politicisms in Stranger Things 3
The mall in the 1980s was not just “a place to go” or “something to do,” so much as hallowed ground where one could see [Read More…]
Black Mirror Series 5 Really Wants You to Know Your Media Addictions Are Fucked
Parsed down to just three episodes this season (as it was in the first two series) on the heels of its movie iteration, Bandersnatch, Black [Read More…]
