Tag: Genna Rivieccio
Unabashed White Parade That Makes No Acknowledgement of Some Glaring Issues: Friends: The Reunion
We knew, of course, that any “reunion” (a.k.a. a payout opportunity of 2.5 million dollars each) with the cast of Friends was bound to be, [Read More…]
Girls5eva De-glamorizes Late 90s/Early 00s Pop for a Tragicomic Effect
If anyone can get “complicated,” niche comedies greenlit, its executive producing duo Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. And while Girls5eva has the Fey stamp of [Read More…]
Britney Spears, A Drink Called “The Slave” and the Ever-Mounting Complication With “I’m A Slave 4 U”
Because Britney Spears continues to be a commodifiable resource well-past her “prime” in the 00s, even the most Podunk of places can find a way [Read More…]
A Certain Foreshadowing Re: Britney Spears Auditioning for the Part of a Woman Who Ends Up Developing Dementia
Despite the information being well-trodden at this juncture, we all know by now that everything old can be made new again. So it is that [Read More…]
“Sun Goes Down” and Yes, Daddy: Two Pop Cultural Moments That Prove Growing Up With Religious Rhetoric Still Leads to Gay Repression and Lifelong Trauma
In the past week, two significant releases have occurred in the gay pantheon. One has been slightly more under the radar than Lil Nas X’s [Read More…]
An Oracle Of One’s Own Life: Lil Nas X’s “Sun Goes Down”
Tempering the club banger vibes (still yet to reach its utmost potential without clubs open at full capacity) of “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” [Read More…]
Nicki Minaj’s Reissue of Beam Me Up Scotty Reminds Us Why Cardi Is Still Second-Best
A woman with an album called Queen isn’t very likely to disappoint on delivering a regal output. And yet, Beam Me Up Scotty came out [Read More…]
Jewish Horror: The Claustrophobic Neurosis of Shiva Baby
A shiva after turning a trick is bad enough, of course. But a shiva where the john you just turned the trick for shows up? [Read More…]
(Sweet &) Sour: Olivia Rodrigo’s Debut Is A Teenage Elegy
The thing Olivia Rodrigo has been praised for repeatedly since the monumental and continuing success of “drivers license” is her unique ability to speak to [Read More…]
Post-2020, Agoraphobics Are The New Empathetic Character: The Woman in the Window
Like Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 classic that makes for such an obvious comparison to The Woman in the Window, the latter Amy Adams-starring “slow [Read More…]
