Tag: NYC
Home Alone 2: New York’s Nothing But Fun on Borrowed Dough… Until It Runs Out
Among the many “reassessments” of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, complete with its implausible representation of realistic geographic proximity, one that hasn’t really [Read More…]
New York Causes a Spontaneous Mental Blackout: Italian Studies
The memory loss or “spontaneous amnesia” genre is nothing new in cinema. It arguably began in 1915, with The Garden of Lies and The Right [Read More…]
On Being An OG and Trying to Make “Fun” Happen in New York
Madonna, a bona fide OG of the era in New York that people still most romanticize—the 80s—has been unable to avoid trying to recapture the [Read More…]
But I Thought You Were A Cuomosexual
New Yorkers are so fickle. One day you’re “in like Flynn” (pardon the rape-originated saying), the next you’re out with the trash because the “collective” [Read More…]
Mondo Appropriato #1: Andrew Cuomo Obtaining the Same Lawyer Who Defended Allen and Weinstein
In a new series called Mondo Appropriato, Culled Culture examines how “on the nose” something is in the pop cultural and/or political landscape. Although Andrew [Read More…]
Carrie Bradshaw Lives Inside The Matrix, Ergo New York Is The Matrix
Cogito, ergo sum. That’s the philosophical aphorism Descartes left us with. But no one said that just because you think, you’re actually delving into what’s [Read More…]
Late Night Does Its Best to Implement Tenets of a The Devil Wears Prada Formula, But Stumbles Through the (Movie Theater) Airwaves
Had Paul Feig directed Mindy Kaling’s Late Night, as originally intended, of course, there would have been a certain meta ironic element. For the bulk [Read More…]
Mariah Carey Brings Glam to Her Version of a 1980s NYC Subway Ride
While the notion of riding the subway in any decade has never exactly been associated with the words “glam” or “fun,” Mariah Carey, in all [Read More…]
Everyone That Moves To New York Becomes Jenna Rink: Living Both Dream and Nightmare
When one is in that preadolescent and adolescent phase in which the flesh prison feels particularly confining, the only thing desired is to break free [Read More…]
Can Maurizio Cattelan Save OKCupid?
In the cutthroat world of online dating, OKCupid was once the blazer of trails in the arena called “find me someone to pay for my [Read More…]
