Category: Television
Party of One: With the And Just Like That… Series Finale, Michael Patrick King Gives Carrie the Ending He Always Wanted To—Albeit Poorly Executed
As has been Michael Patrick King’s wont throughout the third and final season of And Just Like That…, there have been a lot of callbacks to previous [Read More…]
It Wasn’t Just the Unhinged “Plots” That Prompted the Cancellation of And Just Like That…
Though Michael Patrick King can insist all he wants that the reason And Just Like That… has come to an end is because “while…writing the last episode [Read More…]
Too Much (Of Lena Dunham Once Again Attempting “Realism”)
Although Lena Dunham hasn’t disappeared from the spotlight by any means in the years since Girls came out, there’s no denying her cachet has diminished since that [Read More…]
Carrie Gives Aidan the Forgiveness She Didn’t Get After a Cheating Confession, Or: The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and “Silent Mode” Parallel
The full-circle moments in season three of And Just Like That… (including “Outlook Good” and “Apples to Apples”) keep coming with its sixth episode, “Silent Mode.” A [Read More…]
The “Apples to Apples” Episode of And Just Like That… Continues to Cement Carrie’s Disdain for the “Country”
Things never go well for Carrie Bradshaw when she attempts a foray into “country life” (which is what going to Virginia amounts to for New [Read More…]
All the Callbacks (Subtle and Overt) to Sex and the City in the “Outlook Good” Episode of And Just Like That…
With the reactions to the third season of And Just Like That… being decidedly “mixed” (a.k.a. not everyone can outright say how uncomfortable it makes them), it [Read More…]
Adults Is Meant to Be Gen Z’s Friends, SATC, Girls, Etc., But Is Instead a Glimpse Into a Generation That’s More Stunted Than Any Other
In the tradition started, arguably, by Gen X, every generation since (not that there have been that many), has gotten their own “well I guess [Read More…]
Sirens Delves Into the Limits of Sisterly Bonds, Class as Cult and Women Being Made Into “Monsters” Once They Don’t Live Up to Expectations
In 2011, Molly Smith Metzler’s play, Elemeno Pea, made its debut. Not in “fancy” New York City, where theater is deemed by many a self-righteous snob [Read More…]
A Show About an Ambiguous Straight Man Ambiguously Set in the 2010s: Overcompensating
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Benito Skinner’s debut TV series, Overcompensating, isn’t that it’s a lifeline for those who are still in the closet and [Read More…]
The Irony of Jenna Bush Calling Her Summer of ‘01 in New York “Fun”
Among several non sequitur guests to appear on Kristin Davis’ Sex and the City-centric podcast, Are You a Charlotte? (including Blakely Thornton and Christine Taylor), Jenna Bush—or [Read More…]
