Category: Observation
Anita Is Estella and Cruella Is Baroness in 1996’s 101 Dalmatians
The Devil Wears Prada angle of Cruella might, for many, be seen as “new” in terms of approaching the world of Cruella de Vil, but [Read More…]
Michael Lohan, Lindsay Lohan and Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab”
Just when you thought Lindsay Lohan had (again) faded entirely from the spotlight, her perhaps even more notorious father, Michael, decides to go and get [Read More…]
Megan Thee Stallion As Regina George Subverts a Common “Tradition”
The so-called subversion that occurs when a Black person takes on the persona of a white character is not something discussed very often. Mainly because [Read More…]
The Bisection of Britney’s Personality As Likened to the Norman Bates Defense Mechanism
As everyone continues to cry #FreeBritney on her thirty-ninth birthday, wondering how much agency this woman approaching forty really has, it bears noting that Britney [Read More…]
Before ‘Rona, The Disease Everyone Wanted to Ignore
AIDS, of course, was always going to be easier to ignore when it first burst onto the scene. Mind you, it was circulating well before [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…]
Britney Spears’ Messages Ain’t Even Coded At This Point
As fans continue to speculate about Britney Spears being, for all intents and purposes, held captive in her Los Angeles home (wandering its halls like [Read More…]
The Fine Line Between White Savior Grandiosity and the “Like A Prayer” Video Doing The Very Thing White People Are Being Called Upon to Do
There has been an accusation of late, one that can’t be quelled amid the present climate of hostility and rage that has been brewing for [Read More…]
The Most Vexing Problem About Lana Del Rey’s “Question for the Culture” Isn’t the Just Question Itself, But How She Responded To Its Backlash
It was the letter read ‘round the world. On May 21, 2020, seemingly apropos of nothing other than an extremely odd and roundabout way to [Read More…]
CoronaV For Vendetta
Thinking back to some of the dystopian “fantasy” movies of the mid-00s, it’s almost eerie how accurate many of the supposedly surreal predictions were (though [Read More…]
