Netflix’s prediction algorithm is one day going to take over the world, I just know it. A show called “Chewing Gum” kept popping up on my Netflix homepage, starting a few months ago. I would read the description, mull over it, then dismiss it. I wasn’t ready to commit to a new show and have to get comfortable with a whole new cast of characters. Then the day came when the algorithm wore me down, and I dove into the candy-colored, laugh-out-loud funny world of Tracey Gordon. All I can
Comprised of originally two one-act shows, 1981’s March of the Falsettos and and 1990’s Falsettoland, Falsettos was first produced on Broadway in 1992. The show, by William Finn and James Lapine, was an important piece of art. Addressing universal themes of love and family, but also bringing in some emerging issues of the time (AIDS and the gay movement), Falsettos was a critical hit (it won two Tony Awards). This current Broadway revival is, simply put, a hit as well. Falsettos tells the story of a Jewish family breaking down and
Amazon Studios’s The Man in the High Castle had an explosive freshman season and became the site’s most popular series. Based on the novel by Philip K. Dick, the series takes place in an alternate timeline: in this timeline, the Allies lost World War II and the United States of America have been partitioned into the Japanese-controlled Pacific States and Nazi America. The series opens in this alternate version of the 1960s and follows an underground resistance group that is attempting to overthrow the yoke of imperialism in both halves of what
Well, folks, another year has come and gone. From Shawn Mendes dropping his highly-anticipated sophomore album to Meghan Trainor winning her first GRAMMY for “Best New Artist,” it’s been quite the year for music. But, here at Pop Culturalist, we’re looking ahead. And, one artist on our radar is Teddy Edwards. The talented singer-songwriter recently released his new single, “My Name,” and, well, it’s our jam. At only seventeen-years-old, Teddy Edwards is undoubtedly an artist to watch. The New York-based musician is bringing together the best of pop and R&B.