Category: Television
Nostalgia: A Dangerous Drug
With the recent reinvigorated obsession with Seinfeld thanks to every episode being made available on Hulu, it feels as though a time warp back to [Read More…]
The Many Ways in Which Golden Girls Was a Predecessor to Sex and the City
Although a majority of viewers have found Sex and the City to be the beginning of innovative television in the female-geared world, the Darren Starr/Michael [Read More…]
Alanis Morissette Pioneered “Ugly” Nudity Long Before Lena Dunham
While everyone loves to praise Lena Dunham for her “bravery” in choosing to showcase her body so unabashedly on Girls at essentially every opportunity she [Read More…]
Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner: Living The Plot of Transparent
If you have yet to invest your time in Jill Soloway’s Transparent, you’re probably some sort of transphobic bastard and/or lack proper TV taste. But [Read More…]
Don Draper Uses Meditation For Advertising, Betty Smokes Till The End & Peggy And Joan Hit Their Stride
It’s been a long time coming, but the conclusion of Mad Men has finally happened. A fairly neat wrapping up of events (or at least [Read More…]
David Lynch on Board Again For Twin Peaks, Creates Production Back Story As Surreal & Inexplicable As Show Itself
The mythology surrounding the creation of the Twin Peaks reboot in time for 2016 has been almost as drama-laden and insane as the original version [Read More…]
The Atlantic Publishing “Ken Cosgrove’s” Short Story Marks Another Sad Day for Writers
All the way back in the fifth episode, “5G,” of Mad Men, a young Kenneth Cosgrove (Aaron Staton) elicits jealousy from his co-workers Pete Campbell [Read More…]
No One Hates Betty Draper-Francis More Than Matthew Weiner
It is said that sometimes we hate the thing we create. In Matthew Weiner’s case, that thing is the elegantly neurotic Betty Draper (January Jones), [Read More…]
Anna Wintour Continues to Show Us That Bitchy Is Funny
From The Devil Wears Prada to The September Issue, Anna Wintour (and caricatures inspired by her) has consistently shown us that being a bitch is the [Read More…]
The Hypocrisy of Tina Fey Disrobing for David Letterman
Tina Fey’s May 7th appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman found her stripping her beaded black and blue dress to show off an ornate [Read More…]