Dweebo Wet Dream: Grimes’ “Player of Games” Video
Despite finding out the hard way that even rich dweebos are dickheads (especially so, as a matter of fact), Grimes has proven two things with [Read More…]
Taylor Swift’s “Begin Again” Is Basically an Abridged Version of Emily in Paris
Long before Lily Collins, Taylor Swift was the one blithely embracing her basic bitch persona. Not just in general, but in Paris. Specifically in the [Read More…]
Post-COVID Paris, Qu’est-ce Que C’est?: Emily in Paris, Season 2
By trying to be more “aware” that it’s selling a farce of a fantasy the second time around, Emily in Paris aims to win more [Read More…]
“It’s Horrific and It’s Beautiful at the Same Time”: Although Meant to be Satirical, Adam McKay’s Portrayal of How Humanity Would Deal (And Is Dealing) With Its Own Potential Extinction is All Too Realistic
Some part of us, at any given moment, “secretly” hopes for the end. Not necessarily an end to ourselves, but an end to all of [Read More…]
“Here’s What You Gotta Understand”: Being the Ricardos Is Trying to Do Too Much
Despite being concentrated on “one critical production week of their groundbreaking sitcom I Love Lucy,” Aaron Sorkin’s latest attempt to show us how clever he [Read More…]
Justice for “My Only Wish (This Year)” (For Its Sexually Charged Nuances Alone)
Although Britney Spears’ still-underrated Christmas classic, “My Only Wish (This Year),” has gotten some clout of late by being played in the rather odious gay [Read More…]
You Do It to Yourself, You Do. And That’s What Really Hurts: Why The Shrink Next Door Is So Hard to Watch
Marty Markowitz (Will Ferrell) is not the type of person we’re supposed to feel bad for. Throughout the duration of The Shrink Next Door, an [Read More…]
The End of Another Sagittarian Teen Dream
At age nineteen, nine months before she turned twenty in December of 2000, Christina Aguilera won the Grammy for Best New Artist. Usually a kiss [Read More…]
FKA Twigs Addresses a Common Pre-Pandemic Phenomenon: “Tears in the Club”
Like Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits,” FKA Twigs’ latest single–on the heels of her Bond-esque theme, “Measure of a Man”–seems to want to remind us of [Read More…]
Mondo Appropriato #6: Chris Noth Being a Sexual Assaulter
In a series called Mondo Appropriato, Culled Culture examines how “on the nose” something is in the pop cultural and/or political landscape. “Am I the [Read More…]
