LaKeith Stanfield as DariusPhoto: Guy D’Alema/FX With this shine episode, Atlanta is finished. I tried to enter this series finale with no expectations, but of course I had some. I expected it to be non-traditional in that sense Atlanta way, which for me defaults to relax. Even the trailer looked pretty quiet, alalthough it would […]
Photo: SNL Few talents in recent memory have had the reach and impact of Megan Thee Stallion on the collective cultural landscape. This is why she is one of the few celebrities and personalities who can be both a host and a musical guest on saturday night live. Not to mention that she delivered a […]
Donald Glover and Brian Tyree Henry in season 3, episode 2 of AtlantaPhoto: Coco Olakunle/FX At SXSW last week, Atlanta creator and star Donald Glover said he wanted season 3 to be a “black fairy tale.” That tracks with the show’s genre-skipping ethos, which has forayed into surrealism and horror, and the evolution of its […]
Donald Glover and Bryan Tyree Henry in season two of AtlantaPhoto: Guy D’Alema/FX Atlanta ended its second season with a rep as one of the best shows on television. And it was well deserved: The series combined sublime comedy, high drama, piercing truths about relationships and race, and boundary-busting excursions into farce, surrealism, and horror, […]
RuPaul and the song selection of the LaLaPaRuZa smackdown.screenshot: RuPaul’s Drag Race After a disappointing Snatch Game, all eight queens return to the workroom after being told that everyone, sans DeJa, must compete in a LaLaPaRuZa lip sync smackdown. It is timely for those of us who have no interest in the traditional March Madness. […]
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