Category Archives: Op-Ed

‘CODA’ Should Be The Beginning, Not The End

While Will Smith’s stuck-up arrogant attitude has overshadowed the 2022 Oscars, people need to realize that CODA, which won three awards, and should be an inspiration for people everywhere not just those who are deaf of hard of hearing and a call for change. I was watching Tropic Thunder the other day. This movie cameContinue reading “‘CODA’ Should Be The Beginning, Not The End”

The Slap Seen Across The World

If you don’t know why Will Smith and Chris Rock are trending right now, consider yourself very lucky and fortunate. At Sunday’s Oscars telecast, Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, appearing in G.I. Jane 2. Jade suffers from alopecia which causes her hair to fall out. In 1997, Demi Moore shavedContinue reading “The Slap Seen Across The World”

The Oscars (And Movies) Are Stuck In Arrested Development

Why do people hate the Oscars? Can someone identify all the gunmen aiming their weapons at people’s heads forcing them to watch the Oscars? The reason people don’t watch the Oscars anymore is because a lot of Millennials and Gen Xers don’t have access to cable/satellite TV. And they’re not going to pay the $65Continue reading “The Oscars (And Movies) Are Stuck In Arrested Development”

What Do Segregated Water Fountains And Transgender Athletes Have In Common?

In the 1990s, rapper Sagat had a song called “Funk Dat” in which he rapped about the things that bugged him (and probably those listening) the most. So, question: Why is it every time the issue of transgendered athletes comes up, everyone always acts like if it’s not fair to the cisgendered athletes. Like everyoneContinue reading “What Do Segregated Water Fountains And Transgender Athletes Have In Common?”

‘Joe Bell’ Has The Wrong Ring To It

A movie like Joe Bell should’ve been better. With a cast that includes Mark Wahlberg, Connie Britton and Gary Sinise, it could’ve been something better, especially given the script co-written by Larry McMurtry. But it falls apart because it doesn’t know what it wants to be. Spoilers ahead for this review but it’s the onlyContinue reading “‘Joe Bell’ Has The Wrong Ring To It”

‘Basic Instinct’ Examines America’s Love/Hate With Sex And Violence

Before Basic Instinct hit theaters on this day, March 20, 1992, it was already engulfed in so much controversy, it more or less led to the movie’s success. The plot seemed typical. On the surface it looked like another Alfred Hitchcock knock-off police procedural of a gruff and gritty cop, San Francisco detective Nick CurranContinue reading “‘Basic Instinct’ Examines America’s Love/Hate With Sex And Violence”

‘Pam & Tommy’ An Examination Of Gender Bias And Inequality

There’s a line of dialogue in Hulu’s limited series Pam & Tommy where Pamela Anderson (Lily James) tells her husband, Tommy Lee (Sebastian Stan) about the differences in the reactions to that infamous sex tape. Pam tells him that he will get high-fives and pats on the back from men for the tape, while menContinue reading “‘Pam & Tommy’ An Examination Of Gender Bias And Inequality”

‘9 To 5’ Shows Changes Still Need To Be Made To The Workforce

If Office Space was a rallying wake-up cry to Gen Xers who going to have to be forced to sit in cubicles at meaningless jobs for meager wages, then 9 To 5 was the Great Mother that birthed office comedies. Released in 1980 at a time in which many women had entered the workforce forContinue reading “‘9 To 5’ Shows Changes Still Need To Be Made To The Workforce”

‘The Dropout’ Wants To Sympathize The Devil

I’ll be blunt. The Dropout, the latest limited series romanticizing Millennial con artists and fraudsters, wants to have it both ways. It wants to portray Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried), the CEO of the now defunct Theranos, as a woman playing tough in the Boys Club World of Business, but also as a victim. She’s aContinue reading “‘The Dropout’ Wants To Sympathize The Devil”