Don’t Kill the Critic, They’re Just the Messenger Saying What No One Else Will
Everyone’s always saying shit like, “Bitch if you’re watching, you’re a fan” or “If you don’t like me and still watch everything I do, you’re [Read More…]
Wasted Latex: Madonna’s Brush With The Matrix
Madonna is known to casually drop bombs in interviews over the past few years in a manner that’s all very, “Oh what, you didn’t know?” [Read More…]
Make Money First, “Do Art” Later: Madonna’s Madame X Theatre Tour Gets the Concert Video Treatment
The more time has gone on, the more Madonna can rely on self-referential material. Not only to reinvigorate it and apply it to the present, [Read More…]
Britney Taking Up the Ashley O Mantle with Nine Inch Nails
It’s been pointed out a number of times at this juncture that Britney Spears’ conservatorship nightmare eerily mimics some of the key plot points of [Read More…]
Perhaps It’s Time for a New Kind of Methadone to Wean People Off Their Social Media Withdrawals
Social media “outages” are generally few and far between, with Facebook’s last major one occurring in 2019 for almost—gasp!—a full day (obviously, a major blow [Read More…]
The Many Saints of Newark Has Few Reasons to Exist
When a show like The Sopranos, as perfect in its time and place as it was, is revived, the best option for doing so—if absolutely [Read More…]
De-Gentrification: The Removal of the White Savior Element Entirely from Nia DaCosta’s Candyman
The evolution of Candyman into its current 2021 state might be surprising in some ways to those familiar with its origins. For the genesis of [Read More…]
We Have Always Lived in This Hotel: On AHS’ Fifth Season and Being Trapped in a Time and Place More Than Just Physically
While many American Horror Story seasons have come and gone since its fifth, Hotel, in 2015, something about it makes it remain among the standouts [Read More…]
Dune’s Themes Remain as Relevant as Ever for the Issues of the Moment
Although no one ever thought it could be possible after David Lynch’s 1984 catastrophe (at least, cinematically, for there are those who still stand by [Read More…]
The Continued Alignment of Diana and Britney: Controlling Britney Spears and the Trailer for Spencer
While one might merely chalk it up to coincidence that the full-length trailer for Pablo Larraín’s Spencer should be released right around the same day [Read More…]
