RBG, from documentarians from Julie Cohen and Betsy West, opens with images of Washington D.C. accompanied by sound bites from conservative talk radio and one American president casually dismissing a Supreme Court justice as vile and disgusting. “Witch” and “zombie” … Continue reading RBG
If 45-plus years of Saturday Night Live has taught us anything, it’s this: comedy is the sharpest form of criticism. Biting wit levied by the absurd becomes the spoonful of sugar that helps the medicine go down, and SNL has been spoon-feeding America since … Continue reading LIVE FROM NEW YORK!
Though most know Gilda Radner from her many Saturday Night Live characters—particularly Roseanne Roseannadanna—Love, Gilda attempts to understand the motivations behind Radner by correlating the opinions of those she touched and the material she left behind. It gives the movie a Rashomon-like quality: You … Continue reading LOVE, GILDA
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