Tag: 1980s
“Girls Just Want to Have Fun” Presents a Woman’s Persistent “At War” Nature of Wanting to Be Taken Seriously Versus Wanting to Fuck Around
Because women’s “liberation,” as a rule, is really not all that “old” or “time-honored,” the gender, unlike the male one, has had to deal with [Read More…]
Bob Ross and the Late Twentieth Century Commercialization of Art
The 1980s, in many ways, was the decade responsible for establishing the modern obsession with commercializing art (see: Patrick Nagel). As such, it can be [Read More…]
Dancing Among the Carnage: It’s A Sin
“That’s what people will forget. That it was so much fun.” Despite the sadness of It’s A Sin and its subject matter, this is what [Read More…]
Wonder Woman 1984: When Jafar Gets Hold of the Genie Bottle or Jim Carrey Becomes God
“No true hero is born from lies.” This is the piece of advice given to young Diana Prince a.k.a. Wonder Woman at the outset of [Read More…]
Wrestling With an Unfinished GLOW
Netflix can giveth and it can taketh away. That’s what we’ve all learned of late with its arbitrary axings in the face of budget demands [Read More…]
The Lions of “Like A Virgin”
From the moment the paws of the lion co-starring in the “Like A Virgin” video skip to the beat of the signature keyboard notes, one [Read More…]
The AIDS Effect on Hollywood Paranoia Reaches a New, More Fear-Inducing Level With Corona
While the notion of AIDS being “shocking” or even (as) stigmatized in the present drifts ever further into the ether of the past (the 1980s [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #22: The Reagans Feigning Friendship With Rock Hudson & Then Distancing Themselves When He Was Dying of AIDS
While freedom might just be another word for nothing left to lose (like Janis said), Republican, of course, is often just another word for money-grubbing [Read More…]
“The 80s Will Live on Forever”–Unfortunately Freshest in People’s Minds in the Version Presented in the Finale of AHS: 1984
Seeing as how the ninth season of American Horror Story—1984—started out with such satirical wryness, maybe it can be no surprise that it had to [Read More…]
Barbie Is No Longer Trendsetter So Much As Poseur As She Slips Into Keith Haring Attire
As Barbie has evolved with the times over the years, she’s been put into the harsh perspective of what it once meant to dole out [Read More…]
