Tag: Culled Culture
The Substance and “Margaret”
While Lana Del Rey couldn’t have possibly intuited that a very specific line in “Margaret,” one of the songs from her 2023 album, Did You Know [Read More…]
Trading Places: Providing A Seasonal Message That Reminds Just How Fucked Up Rich People Are
In terms of joining the category of movies classified as “could never be made today,” 1983’s Trading Places is definitely up there. Not just because of its [Read More…]
Finally Off Her Ex-Label’s Leash, Sky Ferreira Releases Moody, Masochistic “Leash” for the Babygirl Soundtrack
Maybe there was something kismet about Sky Ferreira ending up on the soundtrack for a movie directed by Halina Reijn. Not just because that movie [Read More…]
Elphaba + Galinda During “Popular” = A Foil for Cher and Tai in Clueless
Perhaps fittingly, Amy Heckerling’s Clueless and Gregory Maguire’s Wicked both came out in 1995. For while Maguire’s book wouldn’t offer any songs that made the [Read More…]
Charli XCX Gives Major Britney Spears Energy With the Rain Portion of the Brat Tour
It’s no secret that Britney Spears has influenced a great many of the pop stars who arrived onto the scene after her. From Miley Cyrus [Read More…]
Twin Songs in the Britney Canon: “Don’t Go Knockin’ on My Door” and “Lonely”
Although Britney Spears’ musical canon is filled with recurring motifs (packed with use of the epithet “baby”), perhaps the most “twin-like” songs in her oeuvre [Read More…]
The Evolution of Wicked Into Movie Musical Form & Its Enduring Applicability to the Current Moment
A book—or any form of source material, really—hasn’t truly reached its apex “saturation point” in pop culture until going from book to Broadway musical to [Read More…]
With “Delusional,” Kesha Joins the List of Female Pop Stars Calling Out Shitty Exes
While Kesha has certainly had her share of songs referring to no-good exes (or just no-good men in general), “Delusional” marks the first truly blatant [Read More…]
Business Time: Our Little Secret is a Rom-Com With Little Com and Even Less Rom (But Plenty of Vom)
When a business proposal is at the center of the “romantic” cachet in a movie, it’s a sure sign that the plot has been lost [Read More…]
Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Still The Most Applicable Thanksgiving Movie When It Comes to Illuminating the Logistical Nightmare of U.S. Infrastructure During Hype Days of the Year
The reason Planes, Trains and Automobiles remains the premier Thanksgiving movie (sorry Eli Roth) is not without merit. In fact, apart from Home for the [Read More…]
