Tag: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Home Alone 2: New York’s Nothing But Fun on Borrowed Dough… Until It Runs Out
Among the many “reassessments” of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, complete with its implausible representation of realistic geographic proximity, one that hasn’t really [Read More…]
No Small Parts, Only Small Asses: Leigh Zimmerman as “Fashion Model” in Home Alone 2
In 1992, the world was a much different place. So, too, was New York, which so loves to bill itself as its own world (if [Read More…]
Taylor Swift’s “London Boy” Is A Sonic Map In the Spirit of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York’s Geographical Inaccuracies & Implausibilities
Taylor Swift may have recently evaded the reputation of being an Aryan wet dream in her sudden advocacy for the marginalized, but, at the same [Read More…]
The Pigeon Lady in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as Inspiration to Us All
Perhaps at the time–1992–there was no scarier fate to any gender than ending up a homeless, middle-aged woman. That being said, the now iconic Pigeon [Read More…]
A Monster Begat by Cameos: Trump Was Glorified in the Media Long Before Negative Coverage Plagued His Presidential Run
“The Donald,” a name that once sounded endearing when it came from Ivana Trump but now sounds more fittingly like the epithet of a horrific [Read More…]
Macaulay Culkin’s Bright Fire and Slow Burn
Perhaps no one can know the true meaning of what it’s like to be a child star and then grow into a less than lovable [Read More…]