When Disney promised to start releasing annual Star Wars films I imagine the plan was always for the franchise to operate like sister franchise Marvel with the Star Wars ‘episodes’ being the equivelent of the Avengers movies and the standalones Star Wars Story movies being the equivelent of the individual hero movies. I think that […]
In the 1990s the Spice Girls were crowned pop queens with hit after hit, their rallying cry was “Girl Power”. In practice I am not sure questionable talent bolstered with sex appeal, hardly unusual for performers of any gender in the pop world, but definitely a confusing message to the girls out there. In 2017 […]
The term “Manbaby” was coined by Last Jedi director Rian Johnson as early as February 2018, but used several times subsequently, including when he criticised online trolls (I hesitate to use the term fans) for hounding Kellie Marie Tran on social media (which was publicised in June 2018). Regardless of the sincerity of the term’s […]
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