Traveling, Traveling…Back Twenty Years to Revisit Bedtime Stories
1994 was one of Madonna’s stranger, more transitional years. It was post-Erotica, which meant not as sexual, and pre-Ray of Light, which meant not as [Read More…]
On Morrissey’s Deathbed
The recent (tear-jerking) reports that Morrissey has cancer has led one to wonder: what would Morrissey say/admit to on his deathbed? Would he be fanciful [Read More…]
Strange Marriage: Charo & Xavier Cugat
Xavier Cugat, in many ways the foil to Desi Arnaz, was the sort of cliche Don Juan to have been married five times. His fifth–and [Read More…]
Twin Peaks in 2016: Allowing for as Much False Expectation as Possible
The internet frenzy caused by the news of Twin Peaks being resuscitated after twenty-five years is only to be the beginning of the flurry of [Read More…]
To Catch A Thief: Showing How Men in the 50s Were Rent Between Being a Loner and a Domestic Animal
One of many of Alfred Hitchcock’s classics, To Catch A Thief, differs from his other work in its clear-cut display of the main character’s utter [Read More…]
Lena Dunham’s New Book and the Increasing Badness of Personal Essay Novels
Let’s get one thing straight. Everything contained within Lena Dunham’s memoir, Not That Kind of Girl, can be found at once proudly displayed on Girls. [Read More…]
How Phoebe Buffay Was Just There
By this time, twenty years after the show’s premiere, countless articles have been written dissecting the nature of Friends. But no one ever seems to [Read More…]
Lifetime Continues to Decimate the Memory of Various Dead People With an Aaliyah Biopic
In addition to perfecting the art of the trashy TV movie, Lifetime has now fine-tuned the art of the trashy TV biopic. In the aftermath [Read More…]
The Unfortunate Underrating of Desi Arnaz as a Musician
Desi Arnaz, more commonly known as Ricky Ricardo or Lucy’s husband from I Love Lucy, was one of the most unique musicians to grace the [Read More…]
Runaround Sue: The Original Slut
Some may argue that sluts have been in existence since the dawn of time/the Bible, but the modern incarnation of the meaning was truly honed [Read More…]
