Category: Television
Death Becomes Her and Beef: On Being Attracted to the Energy of a Person You Despise
In 1992’s Death Becomes Her, the long-standing “friendship” between Madeline Ashton (Meryl Streep) and Helen Sharp (Goldie Hawn) quickly reveals itself to be a frenemyship [Read More…]
That Littering Scene in Mad Men Cuts to the Core of How Corporations Would End Up Pulling A Fast One on Their Consumers
Amid the many scenes from Mad Men that still linger in one’s mind, one of the oddest (at least to modern eyes) is the moment [Read More…]
Cameron Frye and Connor Roy: “My Old Man Pushes Me Around” No More!
Just as it is for the Roy family at large, for many viewers of Succession, Connor Roy (Alan Ruck) is pure background. It hasn’t really [Read More…]
Swarm Crystallizes That Celebrities Are the New Gods, and There Is No Freedom of Speech When Speaking “Ill” of Them
For as much talk as there is of late about how “terrible” and “harrowing” it is to be a celebrity, perhaps the worst fate in [Read More…]
The Link Between Sammy Fabelman and Dawson Leery
Despite the many accolades (rightly) showered upon Steven Spielberg’s latest addition to an auteur’s oeuvre, The Fabelmans, quite a few critics seem to be overlooking [Read More…]
Among the Ruins, The Mall Will Tell of What Society Used to Be (And Can’t Help But Remain)
In episode seven of The Last of Us, “Left Behind,” Ellie (Bella Ramsey) is taken on a late-night expedition to see a relic and wonder [Read More…]
“Exile” Is The Perfect Song to Murder Your Ex To (And Other Reasons You, Season 3 Remains A Standout Compared to Season 4: Part One)
With the first portion of You’s fourth season out, it bears noting that there have been few scenes as indelible as one that took place [Read More…]
Penn Badgley Confirms What You Already Knew: It’s A Sexless, Sexless, Sexless, Sexless World
There are some who have speculated that we live in such a sexless time because of technology. Not just because porn made the transition to [Read More…]
Emily in Paris Season 3 Aims to Solidify Itself As the McDonald’s Version Sex and the City—While Promoting McDonald’s
It seems all too on the nose that the first episode of Emily in Paris’ third season would immediately bring McDonald’s into the formulaic equation. [Read More…]
Harry & Meghan: A Love Story Bogged Down by Family, Media and Racism
In the fifth episode of Harry & Meghan, the lyrics to Nina Simone’s “Do What You Gotta Do” play (which Kanye “Ye” West unfortunately repurposed [Read More…]
