Category: Television
Billy Hargrove: The Son of Steff McKee and Leo Johnson
The 80s douche bag archetype is nothing we haven’t seen made fun of before in recent years as the media predilection for irony and meta-ness [Read More…]
The Political Allegory of Stranger Things 2
Apart from being a conglomeration of just about every classic hour drama and quintessential 80s movie (including Freaks and Geeks, Twin Peaks, Close Encounters of [Read More…]
Reflecting on the “Scandalous” Ads For Gossip Girl on Its Ten-Year Anniversary
When Gossip Girl‘s first episode aired on September 19, 2007, the Bush-drenched United States could never have anticipated just how “scandalous” the ads promoting the [Read More…]
Broad City Ribs Off Sliding Doors for Its 2011-centric Season Four Premiere
Who in New York isn’t constantly wondering what their life might be like if they hadn’t just missed the train–or, vice versa, missed the train to avoid [Read More…]
The Simple Life as Blueprint for Borat, Ire for Rich White Girls
The Simple Life was not exactly lauded critically in its time. It had a larger viewership at the outset, sure, with thirteen million viewers tuning [Read More…]
Friends From College Proves People Who Went to Harvard Are Bigger Losers Than You Are
There’s something to be said for lifelong camaraderie, sure. There’s something else to be said for clinging to toxic friendships you know are only making [Read More…]
Love Season 2 Gets Real About the Psychosis Behind Being Fucked Up About Men
Not everyone is capable of being “healthy” in their approach to dealing with relationships, most certainly not women with any sort of daddy issues (generally [Read More…]
Trump to Be A Four-Letter Word in Broad City Season 4
If anyone could innovate a way to approach the sore subject that is Donald Trump, it would be the brilliant fused minds of Ilana Glazer [Read More…]
Lindsay Lohan in Sick Note: Hopefully Like A Spinoff of What Happened to Annie James From The Parent Trap
Lindsay Lohan’s commitment to all things European, especially faulty accents of no distinct nature, has reached a new plateau with her first acting gig since [Read More…]
I Love Dick & The Anathema Concept of Man as Muse
Jill Soloway, always to be counted on for her impressionistic stylings (see: any of those Berlin flashbacks in season two of Transparent), is perhaps the [Read More…]
