Tag: 1980s
Dancing Among the Carnage: It’s A Sin
“That’s what people will forget. That it was so much fun.” Despite the sadness of It’s A Sin and its subject matter, this is what [Read More…]
Wonder Woman 1984: When Jafar Gets Hold of the Genie Bottle or Jim Carrey Becomes God
“No true hero is born from lies.” This is the piece of advice given to young Diana Prince a.k.a. Wonder Woman at the outset of [Read More…]
Wrestling With an Unfinished GLOW
Netflix can giveth and it can taketh away. That’s what we’ve all learned of late with its arbitrary axings in the face of budget demands [Read More…]
The Lions of “Like A Virgin”
From the moment the paws of the lion co-starring in the “Like A Virgin” video skip to the beat of the signature keyboard notes, one [Read More…]
The AIDS Effect on Hollywood Paranoia Reaches a New, More Fear-Inducing Level With Corona
While the notion of AIDS being “shocking” or even (as) stigmatized in the present drifts ever further into the ether of the past (the 1980s [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #22: The Reagans Feigning Friendship With Rock Hudson & Then Distancing Themselves When He Was Dying of AIDS
While freedom might just be another word for nothing left to lose (like Janis said), Republican, of course, is often just another word for money-grubbing [Read More…]
“The 80s Will Live on Forever”–Unfortunately Freshest in People’s Minds in the Version Presented in the Finale of AHS: 1984
Seeing as how the ninth season of American Horror Story—1984—started out with such satirical wryness, maybe it can be no surprise that it had to [Read More…]
Barbie Is No Longer Trendsetter So Much As Poseur As She Slips Into Keith Haring Attire
As Barbie has evolved with the times over the years, she’s been put into the harsh perspective of what it once meant to dole out [Read More…]
Sing Street Puts A Spotlight On What Music’s All About: Getting the Girl
The Irish maestro of interweaving stunning songs into film (see: Once and Begin Again), John Carney, disappoints not with his latest feature, Sing Street. A [Read More…]
Baby Boom: The Epitome of the 80s Working Woman
Nancy Meyers’ fourth film, Baby Boom, released in 1987, epitomized one of the pinnacles of “the businesswoman” struggling to balance her working life with her [Read More…]