Mondo Appropriato #7: Sabrina Carpenter Promoting the Idea That Americans Are Too Flaccid For Espresso to the Point Where Knocking Back a Few Would Cause Them to Hallucinate
In a series called Mondo Appropriato, Culled Culture examines how “on the nose” something is in the pop cultural and/or political landscape. As the Olympic [Read More…]
“Daddy! Mommy! Save Me From the Hell of Living!”: Longlegs
As the 90s seem to be seizing hold of the box office this summer (with Twister also reanimating as Twisters), it’s only right that someone [Read More…]
In The Future, Madison Beer Will Make A Song Called “15 Minutes”
Andy Warhol was famously (and falsely) attributed with the often misquoted aphorism, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” But what no [Read More…]
The Madonna-Biden Connection
If someone wanted the question answered of how old a man had to be for relentless ageist rhetoric about his abilities to kick in, Joe [Read More…]
Twisters Hardly Blows Away Twister
Although Twisters might have gotten the coveted stamp of approval from none other than Steven Spielberg himself, one doesn’t really need to even see the [Read More…]
Gracie Abrams’ The Secret of Us Is One Often Told By Taylor Swift
Being that Gracie Abrams started to become a household name worthy of a late-night talk show appearance earlier this year, there’s no denying that opening [Read More…]
Gracie Abrams Has No Problem Being Asshole of the Year in Video for “I Love You, I’m Sorry”
Continuing to give listeners a taste of her “Swiftian prowess” on the songwriting front, Gracie Abrams has rolled out the second music video for a [Read More…]
Inside Out 2: Perhaps Even More Anti-San Francisco Than Inside Out Due to Entirely Excluding the City From the Narrative
While the first Inside Out was a patently anti-San Francisco movie, the sequel has proven to perhaps be even less generous—dare one even say, actually [Read More…]
Inside Out 2: When You Grow Up, Your Heart Dies
The world was a vastly different place nine years ago, when the first Inside Out was released. Though, at the time, it might have felt [Read More…]
When Unoriginal Rips From Unoriginal: Paris Hilton Is Very Much “Waiting For Tonight” in Her Remake of Ultra Naté’s “Free”
Right after the backlash against Jennifer Lopez that began in early summer—amid news that she was canceling her tour (she said for “family reasons,” everyone [Read More…]
