"Sure as shit we in limbo." This is Sophia's response to Crazy Eyes' question if they were, in fact, in limbo. It carries a dual meaning, whereas Suzanne was referring to the Biblical place, a synonym for Purgatory or some place on the cusp of Hell. Sophia's response serves as a sarcastic affirmation of the situation happening… Continue reading Orange is the New Black – 5.2 “Fuck, Marry, Frieda”
"Not my circus, not my monkeys." "When spider webs unite, they can its up a lion." These are the maxims Red and another inmate exchange while raiding Piscatella's office during the early stages of the Litchfield riot. Maxims are communicative shorthand, capable of conveying meaning efficiently to the listener based on shared cultural and/or universal… Continue reading Orange is the New Black – 5.1 “Riot FOMO”
At this point in the sixth season, I'm not sure what I expect out of Homeland. Or, more specifically, I'm not sure what kind of show I want Homeland to be. There has always been an internal conversation I have when watching, this kind of "what if" hanging out in the back of my mind while watching the… Continue reading What Does Homeland Look Like in the Trump Era?
Whatever The Affair is trying to achieve in its heavy-handedness of Noah's arc this season has been happening far more organically with Helen and that is so much more compelling.
As I write this, 11 days have passed since the election and I'm still finding myself trying to process that event and how we haven't begun to feel or see the ripples that will come. There are moments I find myself completely enveloped in disbelief and it gradually fades to grief with tinges of anger,… Continue reading “Let’s just talk to them”: A Review of the Beautifully Prescient Arrival
I have mixed feelings about the Project Runway's "everyday woman" challenge - I get the need for this type of challenge when the fashion industry is (rightfully and understandably) tasked with greater representation of normal bodies. Rarely, though, does PR handle it gracefully - it generally feels more tacked-on than anything, and I always feel a low-grade shade… Continue reading Project Runway Implies the “Everyday Woman” Has Something in Common with AARP
Can we really be sure Warsaw, Indiana is a real place? Because I'm not so convinced it isn't a fake town created by ABC producers specifically for this episode. All of the townspeople? Plants. Ben's parents? Extras. Those swans on the lake? Robotics. I say this because I have never seen an hour (two, in… Continue reading Make Love, Not War(saw)
A major theme of this episode was confusion - the women are confused, Ben is confused, I'm confused. Granted, I could chalk up my confusion to the fact I haven't watched this far into a season of The Bachelor in about half a decade, but this was one of those episodes that, intentionally or not, pulled back… Continue reading The Capital of The Bahamas is “Confusion” According to The Bachelor
I think I understand - maybe - what Top Chef was going for in this episode, but that doesn't mean it made for a necessarily entertaining episode because this was ... not good. I actually don't know what I hated more, the Quickfire or the Elimination Challenge, but in the interest of chronology, let's start with the Quickfire.… Continue reading No Beef But Plenty of Cognitive Dissonance on Top Chef
This episode wasn't entirely terrible, in the sense that I didn't spend more than twenty minutes on my phone playing Dots. A LOT HAPPENED YOU GUYS. A(nother) helicopter ride. A talent show. A couple of chapel weddings. I finally figure out the twins' names. An inordinate amount of time is spent on Olivia. Where to… Continue reading Bachelor Heads to the Marriage Capital of the World (?), aka Vegas
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