Performing America

Stop acting sanctimonious, we totally deserve Trump

“How can this be happening?”

I must see this sentiment every day on facebook and twitter. Men and women, educated professionals and successful parents, lashing out, struggling to fathom how someone like Trump is…

Ghostbusters (2016) is everything wrong with Hollywood

Ghostbusters is a horrible movie. It’s a comedy that isn’t funny. It’s a scary movie that isn’t scary. It’s a movie about scientists that shits on science. It’s an extended series of product placements interrupted by dialogue. It’s a…

Sorry, fandom, remakes are a part of the fabric of Hollywood history

As seemingly every movie these days is a remake, reboot, prequel, sequel, or lifted from a popular source material, it’s easy to get jaded about the state of creativity in Hollywood. However, remakes and…

New year, new website

In with the new, right? As many of you reading this know, I’ve primarily been using my PSU blog for the last couple years, but as of today I’m transitioning exclusively to this site. Here I’ll continue blogging on American culture as I see it, posting announcements, and I have a couple…