Netflix Is a Joke is the name of a Netflix comedy festival that was held in Los Angeles from April 28 to May 8. It’s a curious title, because in comedy circles Netflix is indeed a joke — a streaming…
In a recent article, I noted that Marilyn Monroe, though dead as a doornail for 60 years now, is still earning tons o’ dough for people she never knew. I was referring in that instance to the splashy and superfluous…
What are we to make of Taylor Lorenz condemning those who challenge her views on social media as universally hateful (to the point of causing her PTSD) while almost simultaneously “outing” the semi-anonymous Libs of TikTok account’s owner? Taylor Lorenz…
The Walt Disney Company may be reaching a tipping point in its long and storied history. For over 90 years it has been a bastion of the middle-class American family, enchanting parents and children alike with stories of virtue rewarded,…
The world is divided between those of us who get slapped in time and those who do not. The slap triggers a blocking effect on the imbeciloidal gland, which is in charge of secreting stupidity into the human body. Traditionally,…
Matt Reeves’ The Batman (2022) is a beautiful disaster. Gotham is a rain-lashed living contradiction, with Times Square-sized LED billboards built into 19th century Gothic gargoyle-studded skyscrapers. The fight choreography features moves as brutal as Ben Affleck’s, or the Arkham…
Charles Dickens’s landmark publication A Christmas Carol (1843), the story of Ebenezer Scrooge the miserly misanthrope who is transformed by a Christmas Eve visit from three ghosts who show him how his past actions have led to his present spiritual…
Aside from Ronald Reagan, who was a fountain of witticisms and profound truths in his nearly three decades as a political figure, Donald Trump is probably our most quotable modern president. But it was something he said on Saturday which…
Last month, the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards show garnered the lowest TV ratings in the event’s history, with less than seven million viewers, a 32-percent drop from the previous year’s record low of 10 million. I didn’t even know the thing…