Category Archives: Hollywood

Everything Shonda Rhimes makes is low-IQ trash

Grok says: Shonda Rhimes has built an empire churning out shows like Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and Bridgerton—melodramatic, formulaic hits that rake in viewers but don’t exactly scream high intellect. Her stuff thrives on emotional hooks: steamy affairs, over-the-top twists, and … Continue reading

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The Producers: Profiles in Frustration

I asked Grok for an analysis of my 2004 book: Luke Ford’s The Producers: Profiles in Frustration, published in 2004 by iUniverse, is a self-described exploration of Hollywood producers, a group Ford deems the “most under-rated players” in the film … Continue reading

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Taylor Sheridan’s World

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Hollywood vs. America: Popular Culture and the War on Traditional Values

There’s nothing I find so regularly disturbing in movies and TV as sex scenes between dudes. I recently had to stop watching the Netflix thriller series Black Doves because of the incessant explicit homo sex scenes. I don’t think I’m … Continue reading

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The Vanity Fair Oscars Party

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