Category: Television
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…]
On Michael Patrick King Saying That Sex and the City Was All About the So-Called Humiliation of Being Single
Among the many guests that Kristin Davis has had on her podcast since kicking off Are You A Charlotte?, Michael Patrick King was the second (after [Read More…]
The Fate of Belinda on The White Lotus Actually Proves That Good Things Don’t Happen To Good People (Because You Have to Do Something Morally Compromising For That Good Thing)
Out of everyone on the third season of The White Lotus, it was Belinda Lindsey (Natasha Rothwell) and her son, Zion (Nicholas Duvernay), who got the [Read More…]
The White Lotus’ Rick and Chelsea Serve As a Cautionary Tale to Romantics (Who Will Undoubtedly Take No Heed)
Of all the characters to get the fuzzy end of the lollipop on the third season of The White Lotus, for some reason, Chelsea (Aimee Lou [Read More…]
Michelle Trachtenberg Was a Millennial Icon
While Hollywood has had plenty of premature deaths before, including those representing the millennial generation (e.g., well, Aaron Carter), something feels different about the sudden [Read More…]
David Lynch’s Death and Its Eerie Timing Correlations
As is rightly the case, many people are likely having a flashback to another “hits me hard” celebrity death that happened in early January: David [Read More…]
David Lynch: The Closest America Got to European Filmmaking
American directors aren’t exactly known for being what Cher Horowitz would call “way existential,” or even remotely thought-provoking. All the biggest names in the industry [Read More…]
