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Streaming's prestige funk.

on “mass niche” vs. the monoculture within streaming.

David Lynch smashing a TV set for Blue Velvet (1986).

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Mass niche

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Glitter tears and blooming vanities. 

on the erotic vs. the pornographic in HBO’s The Idol.

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The Idol 

Susan Sarandon Cannes

13 days at the Cannes Film Festival.

on two weeks of films, cocktails, and overpriced groceries in the south of France.

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Diary of a film critic

Bama Rush

Compassionately bland.

on MAX’s *Bama Rush*, a Greek life documentary that fails to ask any hard questions.

Rush hour

Conquered by Clippy

"Assist me deeper."

on 'Conquered by Clippy,' one of the strangest pieces of smut ever put online.

Microsoft Word erotica

MTV 

Pictures came and broke your heart.

on MTV News, the Writer’s Strike, and remembering Dooce.

Video killed the radio star

Jennifer Lawrence in No Hard Feelings

The raunchy studio comedy returns.

on the death and rebirth of the crude and the lewd: the R-rated tentpole comedy.

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Rated R

Golf 

The anti-hustle sport.

in conversation with Drew Millard, author of *How Golf Can Save Your Life* (Abrams Press).

Is golf funny?

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