“Coke Bottle”/Cold Gun: Fatty Arbuckle Redux, Or: Another Woman in Hollywood Dies Thanks to a White Man
Many believe that Hollywood scandals just aren’t what they used to be. That long gone are the days of orgies and other assorted sins associated [Read More…]
A “Personal Pan” From Dependable Del Rey: The Blue Banisters Album (More Jewel Than Joni)
From the moment “Text Book” commences the Blue Banisters album, Lana Del Rey is ready to get deeply confessional (and, naturally, what would the kickoff [Read More…]
“1979” Lite: Olivia Rodrigo’s “Traitor” Video Proffers More Pop Culture Recycling
It would be easy to say that “teenhood” never changes, therefore the experience might look similar throughout the decades. And yet, there’s no denying that [Read More…]
An Insulated Society for the Matriarchal: Lana Del Rey’s “Blue Banisters” Video
Perhaps what stands out most about Lana Del Rey’s latest visual foray is the fact that there is nary a man present. Considering what Del [Read More…]
In-n-Out to San Francisco: Drop Dead
If there is one thing decidedly Californian apart from serial killing, it’s the state’s West Coast monopoly on In-n-Out. A magical fast-food place that bulldozes [Read More…]
Parasite and Squid Game: On the Two Biggest Things Out of S. Korea (as Far as America is Concerned) Speaking to Class Division
There is a message being repeated over and over. A loud and clear truth that no one—even after all that’s happened since both the “election” [Read More…]
Bitch Better Have My Money: Squid Game Affirms There’s Not Much Point in Living Without the Required Funds
As 28 Days Later deftly illuminates, human beings have an innate tendency to carry on even when every possible piece of evidence exists for them [Read More…]
Not Exactly Killin’ It: Halloween Kills
“This was a safe place and now it’s not anymore,” says a woman on the news after the latest batch of Michael Myers killings in [Read More…]
Mondo Appropriato #4: Bill Clinton Having a Urological Infection
In a series called Mondo Appropriato, Culled Culture examines how “on the nose” something is in the pop cultural and/or political landscape. Though there are [Read More…]
Madonna Reinvigorates “Bitch I’m Loca” with a Remix in Support of Her Musicians on Musicians Cover with Maluma
“Bitch, I’m—uhhh!” It sounds a lot like a throwback to the moments in “Erotica” when Madonna sings in ecstasy, “I’ll teach you how to—uh uh [Read More…]
