Tag: Culled Culture
“I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman” With A Dash of “I’m A Slave 4 U”: Billie Eilish’s “Your Power” Video
It’s quite apropos that a song about a man “in the industry” abusing his power should possess a video with such overt aesthetic nods to [Read More…]
“Talk to Me General Schwarzkopf, Tell Me All About It!”
A far cry from the barely ten million viewers tallied for the 93rd Academy Awards this year, the 63rd Academy Awards, in contrast, fetched forty-three [Read More…]
Chadwick Boseman As an NFT Feels Decidedly Black Mirror
Whatever NFTs really are—for no one actually knows their purpose no matter how intricately the reason for them is described—the look of the one created [Read More…]
Juno and Promising Young Woman: What the Most Recent Female Wins for Best Screenplay Have in Common
A woman winning any Academy Award is relatively uncommon. And among the least common is the coveted writing award. For yes, as Joe Gillis cynically [Read More…]
Mondo Appropriato #2: Anthony Hopkins Winning Best Actor
In a new series called Mondo Appropriato, Culled Culture examines how “on the nose” something is in the pop cultural and/or political landscape. Outrage being [Read More…]
Like the Artist, Nomads Are Regarded As Psychotic For Their Life Choices, Yet Themselves See Mainstream Society As the Pazzo Ones: Nomadland
It was said in an Ozu movie that staying in one place too long can make you mean. “Mean” perhaps intending bitter. Wondering about all [Read More…]
Michael Lohan, Lindsay Lohan and Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab”
Just when you thought Lindsay Lohan had (again) faded entirely from the spotlight, her perhaps even more notorious father, Michael, decides to go and get [Read More…]
“A Couple of Pathetic Stellas Trying to Get Their Groove Back”: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
“Sometimes you gotta step outta your box a little. Then you’ll know what life is really about.” This is the narration that comes at the [Read More…]
Lourdes Leon Casually Reminds Us Timothée Chalamet Was Her First Boyfriend
“I respect him a lot, we were a little item,” Lourdes Leon notes casually and coolly—in a glib, Madonna sort of way—of Timothée Chalamet. “My [Read More…]
Ariana Grande Finds A Tie-In For Her Current Fembot Brand With The Weeknd’s “Save Your Tears” Remix
Well-worn collaborators at this point (having already performed “Love Me Harder” and “Off the Table” together), The Weeknd has enlisted Ariana Grande to reinvigorate his [Read More…]
