The year was 2005, I was in the fifth grade and it was raining outside. My classroom in a portable was having an indoor recess with the other fifth grade class in the portable across from ours. There was an excited chatter in the room as the teacher rolls in a television with a movie. …
I am having trouble sleeping tonight, so I decided to toss on an episode of Master of None. I just picked a random episode and it just so happened to be episode 5 of season 2 The Dinner Party. This episode has perhaps one of my most favourite scenes of television ever and it is …
OK, cultural appropriation is a very tricky subject. Essentially what it is, is when a culture exploits elements of another culture, and does so in a way that causes the culture where elements are borrowed from feel disrespected due to a lack of authenticity or credit to the source material. Let’s excuse the white washing …
When I first watched Atlanta in its entirety, I didn’t get it. I thought it was a good show but I didn’t see the hype that everyone who was watching it was giving it. Yes, it’s different, yes, it’s well produced, but what’s it really about? The show is not exciting, it’s not really gut-busting …
I just got off a 15 hour plane ride in which the first six episodes of Riverdale were available for stream. I have heard from friends that Riverdale is a great show so I gave it a try. Let’s just say I couldn’t get past the first two episodes because the show is pretty garbage. …
Introduction Hasan Minhaj: comedian, storyteller, racism curer. Minhaj in his Netflix special Homecoming King, tells the narrative of his life and career. Although it could be billed as a stand-up comedy, it is more than stand-up. Loosely speaking, it is a comedy show, but one in which is way more interpersonal than any Chris Rock …
Introduction When Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang produced the first season of Master of None, there was no bigger fan than me. As a young adult and person of colour, I identify wholly with the narrative and themes. And when I read that the reason behind season two taking so long to release was due …
The Skinny I would like to apologize to all of my 0 subscribers for the delay of my thoughts of episode 17. I, like most university students, am going through exams and have been spending a lot of time with my nose in the books. Just kidding, I actually don’t buy my textbooks. But I …
I mean compared to last week, it was alright? So last week we had arguably one of the greatest episodes of a live action superhero show ever. I mean, WOW. I was really blown away! Of course that meant that this week’s episode had to follow up, and how’d it do? Well it wasn’t a …
YO WHAT THE FUCK MAN, THAT EPISODE OF FLASH WAS UNREAL OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, THAT WAS FUCKING AMAZING! I LIE IN BED AT 3:30 AM AND THAT’S ALL I CAN SAY RIGHT NOW. WHAT THE FUCK MAN, THAT WAS THE BEST ENDING TO A TV SHOW I’VE SEEN IN LIKE FOREVER WHAT …