Tag: Genna Rivieccio
A Clüsterfünke Christmas Spotlights an Expanding Xmas Movie Genre: The Hallmark Parody (But The Bitch Who Stole Christmas Does It Better)
Just because the idea is there, doesn’t necessarily mean it will translate to the “greatness” imagined. Such is the case with A Clüsterfünke Christmas, written [Read More…]
“Video Games,” Meet “Player of Games”
The Grimes-Lana Del Rey connection continues to be slowly forged after the former toured with her as an opening act in 2015, and then, in [Read More…]
The Opposite of “My Loneliness Is Killing Me”: MARINA Provides an Anthem for the Loners, the Misanthropes, the Introverts, the Empaths, the HSPs and the Social Anxiety-Ridden
If anyone understands how to reach out and touch what’s left of your soul, it is MARINA. Only becoming more brutally honest with each new [Read More…]
Mondo Ironico #4: Madonna Hanging With Anti-Semite John Galliano After Getting a Tattoo in Hebrew
In a series called Mondo Ironico, let us discuss how fucking antithetical something in pop culture is. Madonna has long been a champion of the [Read More…]
In Praise of the Stephen Sondheim Contributions to I’m Breathless: Music from and Inspired by the Film Dick Tracy
Even though, without question, “Vogue” will forever remain the only song remembered by non-Madonna fans from I’m Breathless, it’s more important than ever to recognize [Read More…]
Betty Broderick and Patrizia Reggiani: Two Similarly Motivated Women When It Came to Killing Their Husbands, With the Former Being Portrayed as More Empathetic
As everyone continues to praise Lady Gaga for her horrendous accent in House of Gucci, there’s something else in her performance that audiences have unwittingly [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #41: Britney Painting Xtina as a Puta
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…]
The Aggressively White Heteronormativity of Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well”
“Love is so short, forgetting is so long.” Taylor Swift wields this indelible Pablo Neruda quote to set the tone for a song Jake Gyllenhaal [Read More…]
Adele One Night Only: Ultimately, Her Music Still Reveals More About Her Than an Oprah Interview
Wielding the dramatic backdrop of Los Angeles (a city that surely understands the value of the cinematic), Griffith Park Observatory was the ideal location for [Read More…]
Adele’s Amazon Commercial Opts for Home Alone 2 Pigeon Lady/Love Actually Homage
Wilson Phillips told us long ago to “hold on for one more day,” but now, apparently, we need Adele to tell us to as well—being [Read More…]
