Archive For The “Pop culture analysis” Category
Huge, Episode 3: “I was never cool, in school / I’m sure you don’t remember me”
By Lesley | July 13, 2010
I don’t watch much television. I dislike that it requires me to sit still, and I dislike that while I am watching I am more or less captive until whatever I’m watching comes to a close. I find television a little claustrophobic and overly demanding. Sure, I can record shows on DVR and watch them […]
“…take the sandwich out of her mouth and go for a goddamn fucking walkâ€: On Olivia Munn, Feminism, and Cultural Criticism
By Lesley | July 8, 2010
Prior to this week, I never really had an opinion in regard to Olivia Munn, late of G4’s Attack of the Show and currently working to earn a permanent role as a Daily Show correspondent. I’d heard her name before, mostly from my husband, who is both a gamer and an aspiring game journalist, and […]
My dear non-US readers: As with so many of my recapped shows, this series does not seem to be viewable (via legal means, at any rate) for those of you residing outside of the United States. I am sorry, but you are on your own for finding a viewing option that works for you. Folks […]
Note: I wasn’t going to recap this show. Seriously. I had explicitly decided against recapping it. I was only going to write up some generalized thoughts and criticism. But then suddenly a recap was happening. Those of us who were around when My So-Called Life originally premiered tend to remember it. The show first appeared […]
Madonna, Lady Gaga, and Breaking the Male Gaze: A Close Reading of “Alejandroâ€
By Lesley | June 9, 2010
The idea of the “gaze†as a broad psychological concept beyond the simple meaning of the word comes to us from Jacques Lacan, a French theorist (a psychoanalyst, really, but we won’t hold that against him) most influential in the mid-20th who was really very interested in how we look at things. Like many giant […]
Video: Megan Carter brings some body diversity to So You Think You Can Dance
By Lesley | June 3, 2010
EDIT, 6/7: The video clip above has been removed from YouTube because apparently fair use is dead. But check the comments for a link to a clip that’s still up. I love but one reality show in all the world; that show is So You Think You Can Dance, the equally exhilarating and tear-jerking dance […]
Warning: I generally don’t do “trigger” warnings, but these two videos are pretty disturbing to me. Given that I am not real easily disturbed, I figured it’d be smart to give y’all a heads up about that. The Washington Post has an article up today reviewing Jillian Michaels’ latest effort in her life’s mission to […]
Remember Hairspray? I refer, of course, to the 1988 John Waters masterpiece, the radical film that captured the finest moments of Ricki Lake’s career, and that first introduced an 11-year-old me to the majesty that is Divine. Now, remember how a few years ago they remade that landmark film into a watered-down piece of crap […]
They’re real, and they’re spectacular: A review of the film A Matter of Size
By Lesley | May 17, 2010
Note: I have been liberal with the spoilers in the following review, with the expectation that many of my readers may not get the chance to see the film. However, I have held back some of the more central plot points, so there are plenty of surprises left should an opportunity to see it arise […]
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