Imagine a janitor who works at a Herpes Laboratory and needs to go back in time to fix an incident that happened in the past in order to make sure the world isn’t damaged in the future. Doesn’t seem real?…
Harlots 1×6 Review
A story about prostitutes has many traps to avoid. But the Hulu series Harlots does it in a way that defies all expectations. This is not a story that portrays them as angelic victims, who sing of past hopes as…
The Handmaid’s Tale 1×4 Review: Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum
When Offred finds the Latin phrase “nolite te bastardes carborundorum” carved into the floor of the room where she’s essentially being held prisoner for the sin of not being pregnant, it becomes a tenous thread to sanity, even as she…
The Handmaid’s Tale Review: 1×1-1×3
One of the signs from the Women’s March that most sticks in my mind was “I can’t believe I’m still protesting this shit.” It seemed to be a common refrain among the older women. Watching The Handmaid’s Tale, I can…
The Mindy Project 5×12 Review: “Mindy Lahiri is a White Man”
This week The Mindy Project mined another alternative universe story-line (they also did a Groundhog Day episode in February), this time with more of a political point-of-view. Mindy switches bodies with a white man (played by Ryan Hansen) to explore…
The Handmaid’s Tale: Watch Hulu’s first Super Bowl spot
Say what you will about the quality of today’s Super Bowl commercials, but there are few that truly make me stop to watch them. Hulu’s first every Super Bowl ad for its new series, The Handmaid’s Tale, did just that. With…