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What Does The Morning Show Say About ‘Me Too’? (Part 2)
The Morning Show’s handling of sexual politics is grimly transfixing, if not a little bewildering. It examines the ‘Me Too’ era from a number of perspectives, including one of Mitch Kessler’s alleged victims, but it’s Alex who is at the centre of the fallout. She’s in the middle of contract negotiations with the top dogs at […]
What Does The Morning Show Say About ‘Me Too’? (Part 1)
The Morning Show is one of the first original ventures on AppleTV+, the new kid on the streaming service block. Boasting powerhouse performances from the likes of Jennifer Aniston, Reece Witherspoon, and Steve Carrell, The Morning Show follows Alex Levy (Aniston), the co-anchor of a nationwide morning news program, The Morning Show, whose life is […]
Is Apple’s ‘The Morning Show’ Any Good?
The Morning Show is Apple’s first foray into original TV content and, thus, has a lot of hype to live up to. It stars A++ list celebrities Jennifer Anniston (in her first TV role since Friends) and Reese Witherspoon (backing up from the triumphant Big Little Lies). Steve Carrel also plays a Matt Lauer-esque morning […]
In Praise Of: Girls
There are few cultural products that come under as much criticism as Lena Dunham’s dramedy Girls, which aired on HBO from 2012-2017.
Recommendation: Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds
The similarities between the elderly and children are readily apparent. Despite existing at opposite ends of the human lifecycle, anyone who has watched an older person slowly lose the capacity to care for themselves can see the way in which they begin to resemble a child.
There are Great Movies, and Then There are Great Movies for Women
Recently, while in the midst of an episode of the second season of Big Little Lies, my Dad asked what I was watching. I told him what it was and how good it was, and he replied that, true though that may be, he wasn’t all that interested in watching the characters in the show […]
Netflix: Queer Eye
There are now four seasons of the rebooted Queer Eye (originally Queer Eye for the Straight Guy) on Netflix. For the uninitiated, the show is premised on the makeover of an ‘average’ hard-working person by five male experts (food and wine, fashion, culture and lifestyle, design, and grooming). The show may appear a bit silly, or […]
The Ritual of Watching Television
If there’s one thing I miss about the pre-streaming service age, it’s when watching television was a collective, group experience. Nowadays, watching a TV series is typically (though not always) a solitary act. This certainly has its perks: you can start and stop as you like and, perhaps most importantly, you have total autonomy over […]
Review: Fleabag
Whenever I recommend Fleabag to someone, I do so almost forcefully, because it is that good. Created by and starring the formidable Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the series tells the story of a protagonist known only as ‘Fleabag’ as she grapples with the death of her best friend, endures her splintered and bizarre family, and struggles with […]
Why The Bachelor Sucks
‘I’m an astrophysicist,’ the latest Bachelor says, while introducing himself. There’s a blank look on the contestant’s face for a moment before she replies, ‘Okay! I’m a Gemini.’ As a female in science, I’m immediately torn between laughing, cringing, and being more than a little annoyed.
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