Author: Christopher McKay
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Queer Music and Lil Nas X
Chris takes a look at Lil Nas X and ‘gay music,’ how it applies to his own life, and some of the controversy over Montero. “Every time I watched a straight scene I had to do this massive translation for myself. Then I did Torch Song Trilogy. I get these straight people saying to me…
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The Best Episode of Scrubs Was Also Its Saddest
Scrubs was one of the most popular sitcoms of the 2000s. But it only really found itself when it got in touch with its emotions. It’s sometimes hard to pinpoint when a sitcom hits its stride. With more and more shows being made for continuous bingeing, there is less of a need for a show…
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The Great
Amazon Prime’s latest period drama series, The Great, is as acerbic as it is a-historical. Chris McKay breaks down both the show’s wit and its historicity. Each episode of Amazon Prime’s new miniseries about Catherine the Great (which originally streamed on Hulu in The U.S.) begins with an asterisk at the end of its title, letting the viewer…