The rise of radical politics in shows like “Andor” offer me a surprising source of hope.
Love and connection require emotional risk. After the harrowing nature of the last three years, I needed ‘Our Flag Means Death’ to remind me.
The critiques Mindy Kaling received shaped the representation we see on-screen today as much as her successes did.
Wednesday Addams does not want to play with you.
They provided a blueprint by showing the critical apparatus in a container transparent enough that I could see the inner workings.
Only now, with my adult eyes, am I able to perceive the pathos in his performances and the potential he never had the chance to fulfill.
There is a great tradition of depicting the archetype of the unbridled, emotionally exploitative acting teacher.
My sister is not my best friend. She is my sister. Those are fundamentally different relationships.
Nora Ephron said, “Everything is copy.” But in a memoir, much like in reality TV, art cannot represent life exactly. People are characters, snapshots of their “real” selves.
Like any sitcom created before the mid-aughts—around the time Hollywood started doing the bare minimum to give space to marginalized people—‘Friends’ has not aged well.