Tag: robert carlock
Girls5eva Season 3 Explores the Struggle Between the Group’s Bid For Worldwide Fame and Simply Settling for the “Medium Time” Instead of the Big Time
If Girls5eva is seeking to achieve anything (apart from de-glamorizing late 90s/early 00s pop) in season three, it’s that, sometimes, “settling” is for the best. [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…]
The Final Episodes of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Confirm That Analog Life Is Better (Or At Least Sweeter for Revenge)
Possibly only Tina Fey could turn the premise of a girl being locked in a bunker for fifteen years into kitschy comedic gold. That girl, [Read More…]
She Might Have Been Living in A Bunker for Most of Her Life, But It Doesn’t Take Kimmy Very Long to Comprehend the Post-#MeToo Paradigm in Season 4, Part 1 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Wanting to break us off slowly for that final goodbye to the series, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is being released in two parts for its fourth [Read More…]
The Best Part of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 3? Its Mockery of Wokeness
By now, even your 85-year-old grandma is familiar with the unfortunate term, “stay woke.” It’s a vague phrase intended to encompass everything from not gender [Read More…]
Tina Fey’s Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Performance Ultimately Underrated For Its Liz Lemonness
When Whiskey Tango Foxtrot was first released in book form as The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan back in 2011, Chicago Tribune journalist [Read More…]
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Harbors Annoying Main Character Syndrome
Somewhat similar to Carrie Bradshaw Syndrome, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt has a main character that, at times, almost entirely counteracts the goodness of the show (still, [Read More…]
Tina Fey’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Already Looks Like A Pale Comparison to 30 Rock
When you’re as seasoned in the TV game as Tina Fey, it can be difficult to meet the challenge of always surpassing yourself every time. [Read More…]
