Pose has been praised as a bastion of queer representation on television for its prominent casting of Black and Brown trans women. Carrying the weight of BIPOC queer representation on its shoulders, the series understandably has blemishes when it comes to storytelling and character development. With a fairly green cast as far as acting is…
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By now, Zendaya faithfuls have surely laid eyes on her latest project, Malcolm & Marie, a collaboration with her Euphoria showrunner Sam Levinson. The film, co-starring John David Washington (yes, Denzel’s offspring), was released in early February to almost universal criticism from reviewers and casual viewers alike. The movie was panned as shouty to some…
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At one point or another, many of us have been sucked into the Shonda-verse. Maybe you’re an OG who started with Grey’s Anatomy; maybe you became addicted to the “twisty” turns of Scandal. Or maybe you’re being introduced to Shondaland for the first time through the newest hit, Bridgerton. Whenever you were indoctrinated into the…
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This article contains spoilers for the season one finale of Euphoria. When we watch TV, no matter what the genre, we expect things to move quickly. Frantic cuts from one person to the next, quippy or cutting dialogue intended to convey plot, tension, and character development. The show’s editing gives you only the important bits…
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The game show revival of the last decade finally touched the classic Supermarket Sweep this fall. The show began, believe it or not, in the 1960s in New York, and has seen multiple revivals over the past five decades. The most contemporary version that most Americans remember aired in the late 1990s and early aughts.…
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The Halloween series is my favorite movie franchise of all time. I’d scarcely aged out of the car seat when I began watching Michael Myers stab teenagers to death. I can’t explain why I was drawn to this particular movie (or eventually, set of movies). Halloween has always been a part of my life unexplainably.…
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I was looking forward to watching Enola Holmes upon first watching the trailer a couple of months ago. It looked witty, adventurous, and of course, starred America’s sweetheart-in-waiting, Millie Bobby Brown. I was excited at the prospect of seeing Millie take on a role vastly different than that of Eleven in Stranger Things. That the…
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“I’m so sorry I made this political, but I had to.” — Daniel Levy The Emmys was a show that didn’t know what it wanted to be. Part pseudo-activism, part pandemic commentary, and yes, at times part award show. These ingredients made for a messy three hours that volleyed between hit-or-miss comedic bits and serious…
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Writers are always supposed to have the words. From screenwriters to authors to historians, society entrusts writers to find vocabulary for the elusive. We as writers seek to breathe life into the inanimate, make tangible the intangible. And yet as we endure trauma after trauma this year, I like many writers find myself at a…
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To close out America’s so-called birthday month, megastar Beyonce debuted a new visual album entitled Black is King exclusively on Disney+ on July 31. The album is a supplement to the beloved children’s movie The Lion King, as a re-imagining of the animated/live-action film in human form, complete with song and dance. As with nearly…
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The Wordy Wench 