this documentary reminded me a lot of one from last year, Chasing Chasing Amy, where a filmmaker tackled a problematic representation of LGBTQ culture and not only shared how it might have brought them some joy, but also how it is now permanently trapped in time. That phrase we so often use, “it was different back then”, or any comparable phrase to suggest that people in the past really didn’t know any better. In Chasing Chasing Amy, Kevin Smith participated, along with various cast members, to dissect its effect on lesbian culture, and how a cisgender straight white man might … Continue reading Tribeca 2025: We Are pat!

TV Shows Watched: Forever: S1E7 (Netflix) with audio description, Wondla: S2E7 (Apple plus) with audio description, You: S5E7 (Netflix) with audio description, Motorheads: S1E6 (Amazon) with audio description, Department Q: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, 911: S8E18 (Hulu) with audio description, Euphoria: S1E1 (MAX) with audio description, Government Cheese: S1E10 (Apple plus) with audio description, and last Week Tonight: Most Recent (MAX) Best Episode: Forever- This coming of age story beat out another more lauded coming of age story that I’m trying to get through a second time after abandoning it. Forever continues to grow on me every episode, and … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 06/09/25

TV Shows Watched: The Walking Dead: dead City: S2E6 (AMC Plus) no audio description, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory: S3E9 (Netflix) with audio description, From: S2E3 (MGM Plus) with audio description, Drag Race All Stars: S10E5 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Yes chef: S1E6 (Peacock) with audio description, The great North: S5E13 (Hulu) no audio description, F1: the Academy: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Bosch: Legacy: S3E5 (Amazon) with audio description, Hacks: S4E7 (MAX) with audio description New TV Show Alert!- F1: The Academy takes 15 aspiring female drivers and puts them through a tough training to get them ready for … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 06/08/25

TV Shows Watched: And Just Like that: S3E2 (MAX) with audio description, Stick: S1E1 (Apple Plus) with audio description, The Better Sister: S1E2 (Amazon) with audio description, top Chef: S22E12 (Peacock) with audio description, Lazarus: S1E9 (MAX) with audio description, Bad thoughts: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Ginny And Georgia: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Grimmsburg: S1E10 (Netflix) with audio description, Your Friends And Neighbors: S1E8 (MAX) with audio description, and The Four Seasons: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description New Show Alert! Stick is a new Apple Plus comedy with a runtime for the pilot that is a little unnecessary … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 06/07/25

Another week, another set of shows entering, and some exiting either because I finished all currently available episodes, or by force. WINNER: hacks (MAX) with audio description- As I continue to slowly progress and enjoy every episode, I can’t shake the reality that with some of the serious dramas out of the way, hacks is the best thing I’m watching. But, will it be enough to get Hannah Einbinder finally an Emmy? That remains to be seen. Runner Up: Etoile (Amazon) with audio description- Amazon sold their souls to the devil, and revoked their second season renewal for Etoile. The … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- The Weekly Rankings

We are where we are right now, because someone fought to advance our world a little further than where it was before. This is true broadly, and without really reservation. Everything from indoor plumbing to electricity, totally non-partisan issues, advanced because someone kept pushing it further. However, this is true for so many who don’t have a broad set of rights. People have had to create safe spaces, environments, and lives around the margins allotted. Carl Bean certainly was one of these people for the LGBTQ community, and i was sadly unaware of who he was, and his contributions until … Continue reading Tribeca 2025: I Was Born This Way

TV News: I hate when networks and streamers do this. Amazon, in their bid to take over the world as dastardly as possible, has revoked the initial order for a second season of Etoile. This not only is disrespectful to the creatives, but also the audience, who could have watched the show at their own pace, knowing a second season was guaranteed. But as Hollywood is willing to break that trust more and more, by shelving films that are completed and using them as write offs (Universal just wrote off a completed Pharrell Williams musical, so it isn’t just WBD … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 06/06/25

TV Shows Watched: the Buccaneers: S1E2 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Overcompensating: S1E5 (Amazon) with audio description, Nine Perfect Strangers: S2E3 (Hulu) with audio description, Tires: S2E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Love, Death, and Robots: S4E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Destination X: S1E2 (Peacock) with audio description, The Narrow Road To The Deep North: S1E3 (Amazon) with audio description, Ransom Canyon: S1E10 (Netflix) with audio description, Jeopardy Masters: S3E8 (Hulu) no audio description Best Episode: Overcompensating- I think the show starts to hit its stride once the cast is established a bit, and all on their own paths. Benny kind … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 06/05/25

TV Shows Watched: Black Mirror: S2E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Sirens: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Adults: S1E1 (Hulu) with audio description, Earnhardt: S1E3 (Amazon) with audio description, 911: S8E17 (Hulu) NO Audio Description, America’s Got Talent: S?E2 (Peacock) with audio description, Government Q: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Pop Culture Jeopardy: S1E19 (Amazon) with audio description, Poker Face: S1E4 (Peacock) with audio description NEW SHOW ALERT!- Adults is this generation trying to follow the same formula done and beaten to death. A group of burgeoning young adults face… adulting. This is Friends, happy Endings, The New Girl, How I … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 06/04/25