Tag: TV shows
When Garbage & Daria Combined to Create the Ultimate Alt 90s Experience
There are a lot of “most 90s” things that occurred during the decade of Clinton and dial-up internet, but among the annals of distinctive 90s [Read More…]
TV’s Best Thanksgiving Episodes
Even for the most adamant haters of Thanksgiving (see: Chandler Bing), one can always take comfort in enjoying the crème de la crème of television [Read More…]
How Square Pegs is More of A Prequel to Sex and the City Than The Carrie Diaries
A story about a gawky teenager yet to find her confidence may not sound like any sort of precursor to Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and [Read More…]
Why Derek Fails to Achieve the Same Level of Genius As Gervais Shows Past
Ricky Gervais’ success and adulation after giving the world The Office and Extras has come to something of a screeching halt with Derek. While it [Read More…]
Trying to Find Meaning in Britney and Kevin: Chaotic
Cher Horowitz may have once thought finding meaning in a Pauly Shore movie was the ultimate challenge, but, at that point, Britney and Kevin: Chaotic [Read More…]
Mad Men Season 7 Premiere: A Bad Trip
It’s not unusual to feel uncomfortable and kind of confused when you’re watching Mad Men. That’s one of the main shticks of the show. But with [Read More…]
Why Carrie Bradshaw Will Likely Always Maintain “Icon” Status
It may have once been emphatically said that “Carrie Bradshaw knows good sex (*and isn’t afraid to ask),” but, in retrospect, it wasn’t her sex [Read More…]
Friendship Similarities in The 400 Blows and Gossip Girl
François Truffaut’s seminal 1959 film, The 400 Blows, finds Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud) at the mercy of patriarchal authority he can’t stand. His numerous similarities [Read More…]
What Separates Broad City From Other Shit on TV About Brooklyn
Now that the season finale of Broad City has aired, it is officially safe to say that this particular show about twenty-something girls living in [Read More…]
Does Anyone Else Think Joan Rivers is Actually a Hero for Calling Lena Dunham Out on Being Too Fat Friendly?
In the modern age, it isn’t “polite” to call someone fat. We say “plus size” (as though that’s better). That’s why Lena Dunham’s nude crusade [Read More…]
