Recently, I had cause to revisit Roland Barthes’ 1957 book of essays, Mythologies, a study of signifiers and the underlying ideology that such signifiers refer to; and despite the passage of time, his approach still applies today. In his first essay, “The World of Wrestling,” Barthes says that wrestling is not a sport but a […]
Moving forward this site will be hosted by the Writer’s Guild East and I cannot be more excited! When I started this blog back in 2015, my goal was to try to provoke an insider’s discussion about the Reality TV industry. I felt that there were many serious issues that we were simply not addressing […]
Could the Twitter troll who connected with Sarah Silverman have been cast? If so, a powerful exchange isn’t any less real because it was produced.
Billy Bush comes forward on Donald Trump and I try to address the confusing actions and messages currently emanating from the White House.
Does everyone know someone with their own Harvey Weinstein tale? Plus Kris Jenner brainstorms one of her best publicity stunts yet, with potentially another in the works.
Why did it take the executive producer of the Bachelorette, Mike Fleiss, so long to announce a black protagonist? And why was it so underwhelming when he did?
