Quel Choc: Napoleon Falls Short
Of all the numerous and controversial French political figures, it is Napoleon Bonaparte who remains foremost in the minds of the French and non-French alike. [Read More…]
On the Grinch Finally Being Vindicated For His Misanthropy
In the past couple of years, some variation on a meme that goes, “The older I get, the more I understand why the Grinch wanted [Read More…]
Barbra As Ultimate Useless White Woman in Night of the Living Dead
As far as politically charged early innovators of the horror genre go, Night of the Living Dead takes the cake. Not only the template for [Read More…]
Taylor Gets “Imma Let You Finish’d” Again With Accusation of Her Being Unworthy for Time Person of the Year
Once again, Taylor Swift has dominated the conversation and, once again, a large part of that conversation is whether or not she “deserves” something. In [Read More…]
Madonna’s Most Non Sequitur Ad Is Also Her Most Superfluously Sellout-y
Of course, it’s hard to be a “sellout” when you were never really “indie” to begin with. But, in Madonna’s case, there has usually been [Read More…]
Gondola Antics Were So Much Better/Less Vexing When They Were Relegated to the “Like A Virgin” Video
Easily characterizable as yet another example in an endless series of bad tourist behavior (see also: etching your and your girlfriend’s name into a wall [Read More…]
Lessons in How the 50s Were a Fucking Nightmare, Or: Lessons in Chemistry
“Let’s begin, shall we?” So goes the final line of the final episode (“Introduction to Chemistry”) of Lessons in Chemistry. A “catch phrase,” if you [Read More…]
May December Cuts to the Core of American Culture’s Love of Real-Life Trauma As “Entertainment”
There was a time in the 90s where it seemed one couldn’t avoid a tabloid (whether in print or TV) headline about a teacher’s “inappropriate [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey Fully Embraces Her Cosplaying Hickdom By Releasing a Cover of “Take Me Home, Country Roads”
It’s only appropriate that Lana Del Rey should opt to make her latest cover song (of which there are already many, including that live performance [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey “Redeems” Her Absence on the Priscilla Soundtrack With Somewhat Lackluster “Unchained Melody” Performance for Christmas at Graceland
Lana Del Rey’s love for Elvis Presley is, by now, well-established. Which is why so many were surprised to learn she wouldn’t be in some [Read More…]
