Tag: Culled Culture
Party’s Over: Knowing How to Make an Exit, Michael Alig Dies of Heroin Overdose on Jesus’ Birthday
So many aspects of Michael Alig’s existence smack of a heavy-handed metaphor for New York City. As though he was created for the sole purpose [Read More…]
Kinda Bougie For Santa to Assume Everyone Has a Fireplace
The old myth never dies. Not even in pandemic times. Santa can really only deliver his goods through a chimney, which means, naturellement, a fireplace. [Read More…]
Xmas in NY Ain’t the Rockettes and Rockefeller Center, But Rather, ‘R Xmas
With the hangover of the 90s still fresh in Abel Ferrara’s mind at the time (plus 9/11 being still several months away), May 2001 seemed [Read More…]
Katy Perry Does Her Best to Convince Us It’s “Not the End of the World”
Finally finding her moment to wield the long-standing callout that Zooey Deschanel is her doppelganger, Katy Perry’s concept behind her latest single and video from [Read More…]
Lily Allen, Jill-of-all-Trades, Ends Up As the Poster Child For The Year of Masturbation
Maybe it all makes sense coming from a girl who got her start with a single called “Smile” (#fuckyouKatyPerry). And what’s Lily Allen smiling about [Read More…]
No Small Parts, Only Small Asses: Leigh Zimmerman as “Fashion Model” in Home Alone 2
In 1992, the world was a much different place. So, too, was New York, which so loves to bill itself as its own world (if [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #27: Giving the Vatican Shit For Its Psychedelic, Space-Oriented Nativity
In a series called Mondo Bullshittio, let’s talk about some of the most glaring hypocrisies and faux pas in pop culture… and all that it [Read More…]
Mrs. Maisel Enters the 70s: I’m Your Woman
Rachel Brosnahan has, of course, come a long way from playing “Girl” on a 2010 episode of Gossip Girl (fittingly, for her Mrs. Maisel-oriented Daddy [Read More…]
Tom Cruise Being the Self-Imposed Hero of the Film Industry Was Probably Written in the Stars
While Tom Cruise has come to be increasingly less respected over the past couple decades as both actor and human being, no one had ever [Read More…]
In Honor of Wonder Woman 1984, DC Heroines (and Villainesses) Cast As 80s Pop Stars
With the upcoming release of Wonder Woman 1984 at last firmly secured (or is it?) for Christmas Day, Gal Godot is back in the role [Read More…]
