Web Series You’re Almost Cool Enough to Watch Ironically: Black Girl in a Big Dress
Attention Instagram models and their twice catfished supporters: corsets are back in a big way.
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Attention Instagram models and their twice catfished supporters: corsets are back in a big way.
Crazy Ex Girlfriend is airing its third season on The CW right now, and if you’re not watching it, you should be. This irreverent musical comedy show follows Rebecca (Rachel Bloom), a stressed and stunted Ivy League alumna who turns down a promotion at her high–powered New York City law firm in order to quit her job, move across the country, and pursue her boyfriend from a summer camp decades ago. If you’re not familiar with the show and that sounds like a crazy premise—it is. But Crazy Ex Girlfriend (CXG) is one of the best shows currently airing on television. It’s a quirky but brilliant take on love and finding happiness with a lot of lessons to teach anyone; but Penn students might find it has a special relevance to our lives, specifically.
On January 7th, the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards were held, honoring those who contributed to American cinema in categories such as Best Motion Picture—Drama or Best Supporting Actress—Comedy or Musical. From its praise of movies like Greta Gerwig’s Ladybird to James Franco’s The Disaster Artist, The Golden Globes, much like other celebrations of mainstream cinema, tend to prioritize films with wholly fictional narratives. While the Academy Awards may have a category for Best Documentary Feature today, the Golden Globe Awards discontinued its recognition of the work of documentary filmmakers after a mere four years in the early 1970s.
Around the holiday season every year, several movies that have yet to make it on Blu–Ray hit the internet, bearing titles like “2017.DVDScr.XVID.AC3.HQ.Hive-CM8.” You may be wondering: where the fuck are these files coming from? Glad you asked.
Someone once said that Netflix is like a fridge full of food you don't want to eat. And that is absolutely the case...sometimes. Here, I present you the exceptions to the rule, the rare refrigerator snacks that stand apart from your roommate's week–old leftovers.
Web series are cult–y. I know this because whenever I try to explain their otherworldly appeal to the average, wholesome member of society, I end up sounding like Saturday Night Live’s Stefon Meyers—king of the obscure—or the upperclassman gate–keeper to your favorite on–campus club. Without the blockbuster marketing budgets of prime time television or feature film, most digital series’ popularity is gleaned through extreme googling and tight–lipped word of mouth. That’s at least how I stumbled upon an episode of Anime Crimes Division, a web series from the minds of Crunchy Roll and Rocket Jump that double–fists on the ‘cult–y’ by mixing the digital series world with the most pervasive set pieces of anime subculture, and the hilarious, crime–fighting appeal of Brooklyn Nine Nine. Like sleeping through the oven timer on steaming twitter beef, or endeavoring to describe a meme to your mom, web series tend to belong to that section of internet culture whose value is depleted by untimely explanation. But for the noobs among us, here's an intro to an unbeatable web series.
In 2016, ratings for late night talk and sketch comedy shows increased at an impressive but expected rate. It’s no secret that bad politics makes for good comedic material. While comedians had fun with the particularly tumultuous election, it seemed safe to say that the liberal late night establishment was fully expecting a Clinton victory and a return to relative normality. Well, that didn't happen. Since then, late night comedy has been far from normal. From cries of fake news to frequent Twitter tirades, it's clear that Trump was the star of late night comedy this past year.
Follow our advice and watch all of these before the first round of midterms (just so you have time to come back for more.)
My fantasy team had a great season. Some of my players had a bit of a shaky start, but I had some pretty good team members—my team even included the MVP. But instead of a championship ring, the MVP got an engagement ring, and instead of a trip to Disneyland, a rose. Yes, I’m talking about The Bachelor.
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