Category: Television
A (Short n’ Sweet, But Highly Effective) Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter Might Make Mariah Quake in Her Santa Boots
In the (Christmas) spirit of seasonal specials that have come before, Sabrina Carpenter jumps right into the overlying message of X(xx)mas: materialism. Because, yes, she rightfully [Read More…]
Three Queens, Or: A Carpool Karaoke Christmas
Some might say there was no method to the madness of creating a Christmas-themed episode of Carpool Karaoke centered around three of the biggest names in [Read More…]
Disclaimer: Women Are Easily Painted as Villains and Jezebels
In the spirit of Strange Darling turning expectation on its ear, Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer slaps viewers in the face in a similar manner vis-à-vis exposing [Read More…]
Every Subject That Nobody Wants This “Illuminates” Already Happened on Sex and the City
As though to prove a point about Sex and the City’s long-lasting impact, Megan Thee Stallion recently appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon [Read More…]
Doreen Savage Gives Marty Mendelson A Run for His Dolls
On July 9, 2000, a theoretically small role in the “No Ifs, Ands or Butts” episode of Sex and the City left an indelible imprint [Read More…]
Naturally, Imposter Syndrome Is Tackled Through the Lens of “Being A Screenwriter” in Only Murders in the Building’s “Adaptation” Episode
When it comes to wanting to emulate a certain screenwriter, the biggest “douchebag cliché” veers toward Charlie Kaufman worship. In the screenwriting world, it almost [Read More…]
On Carrie Bradshaw Developing the Idea for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Although it’s easy to shit on Sex and the City in the present, there are occasional moments in the show when one realizes how truly [Read More…]
Fantasmas Takes Aim at the Ever Less Gradual Stamping Out of People Who Can’t (Or Won’t) “Prove Themselves” Digitally
In the opening scene of Fantasmas’ first episode, “Cookies and Spaghetti,” Julio (Julio Torres) is having a nightmare about filling out an online application that [Read More…]
Pee-Wee’s Playhouse + The Science of Sleep + The Mighty Boosh + Problemista + Kafka = Fantasmas
Many people still like to tout that we’re in the Golden Age of television, forgetting perhaps that, for much of the 2000s, a new wave [Read More…]
A Mean Girl With “Complexity”: Cressida Bitchface
It is both a difficult and rare thing to lend something like “depth” to the proverbial mean girl. More often than not, it simply isn’t [Read More…]
