- 1. A Millennial Comedy That Makes You Think: Why Watching "Adventures in Success" Is A Cringey Yet Spiritual Experienc
- (Movies)
- ... a lot of their time “jilling off”— if you know what I mean. Classified as a “dark comedy,” the movie doesn’t feature a star-studded bunch, but each member of the small cast really makes the movie what ...
- Created on 05 May 2022
- 2. Annie Murphy On The Importance of Imperfect Female Characters, Life After Alexis, And Her Top-Secret Role On Season 2 of Russian Doll
- (Entertainment)
- ... in AMC’s dark comedy Kevin Can F**k Himself, fans and critics agree she’s ready. “I had the best time playing Alexis; she was such a fun character,” says Murphy. “But after playing a very specific thing ...
- Created on 14 April 2022
- 3. “Lucy and Desi," Amy Poehler's New Documentary About TV Pioneers Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Is An Intimate Look Into An Early Power Couple's Private Life ...
- (Movies)
- ... scene that had my lower lip quivering like a trilling horse and scrambling for the nearest tissue. The dark underbelly of Ball and Arnaz’s personal lives are merely touched on in the doc (like Ball’s ...
- Created on 07 March 2022
- 4. Aubrey Plaza Shows Off Her Dramatic Chops in "Emily The Criminal
- (Movies)
- ... and there’s plenty of money, might as well be the dark side of the moon. But when Emily and Liz are laughing together it’s the only time we see Emily anything close to happy. Happiness is almost impossible, ...
- Created on 08 February 2022
- 5. A Female Divorce Attorney’s Guide to Divorcing Like a Badass Boss
- (Living)
- ... You need to make sure that you are 1000 percent comfortable with this person, since you are going to be telling them your deepest, darkest secrets. But while you need to be comfortable, you also do not ...
- Created on 20 January 2022
- 6. 10 Must-Watch TV Shows To Get Your Cathartic Coming-Of-Age Fix Now That ‘PEN15’ Is Over
- (TV)
- ... Season 2 Screenshot from YouTube We can’t talk about representation without talking about FX’s half hour dark comedy Reservation Dogs. Co-created and executive produced by Academy Award-winning ...
- Created on 19 January 2022
- 7. 10 of the Best Woman-Centered Films of the Past Year, To Watch New Year's Day ...
- (Movies)
- ... Promising Young Woman by Emerald Fennell Between psychological and dark comedy, Promising Young Woman is a powerful take on rape traumas and how easily victims are being forgotten. Directed ...
- Created on 22 December 2021
- 8. "Harlem," The New Sitcom by "Girls Trip" Writer Tracy Oliver, Just Might Be the Fluffy-Lighthearted TV Fare Black Women Need in these “Post-Pandemic” Tim
- (TV)
- ... but this time one is dark skin. Probably unsurprisingly, Tye, the friend group’s resident lesbian, seems to have it mostly together, but even her self-confidence is tested when she gets romantically involved ...
- Created on 16 December 2021
- 9. Cecily Strong Slams Texas Abortion Laws in Personal ‘SNL’ Sketch As Goober the Clown
- (TV)
- ... Not back to the alley. The last thing anyone wants is a bunch of dead clowns in a dark alley.” Of course Strong has received a plethora of support from fans who are grateful to the comedian for so carefully ...
- Created on 10 November 2021
- 10. ‘WandaVision’ Spinoff with Kathryn Hahn in the Works at Disney+
- (TV)
- ... Hahn), and will be available on streaming and in movies “under a larger deal she has made with the studio.” The spinoff is set to be a dark comedy. WandaVision, created by Jac Shaeffer for Disney+, is ...
- Created on 13 October 2021
- 11. Gettin' Witchy With It: The CW Adds Lucy Barrett to the Main Cast of Season 4 of Charmed Reboot
- (TV)
- ... from creatures of darkness in their quaint Michigan town. Beware... Charmed’s season three finale saw Mantock’s character, eldest sister Macy, sacrifice herself to save the world from the Whispering ...
- Created on 09 September 2021
- 12. Kevin Can F**k Himself Flips The Script on Misogynistic Sitcom Tropes: A Review
- (TV)
- ... living room. A dark comedy, the show satirizes the misogynistic tropes of 2000's sitcoms (think Kevin Can Wait and The King of Queens). Murphy as the beautiful wife of a decidedly worse-looking yet goofy, ...
- Created on 07 July 2021
- 13. Ilana Glazer's film, 'False Positive,' Explores The Ultimate Horror Premise: Giving Birth For The Patriarc
- (Movies)
- ... Glazer, the movie is definitely a departure from what Broad City fans have come to expect from the feminist comedy mainstay. But a ribbon of dark humor runs through this ambitious, gory horror flick. Glazer’s ...
- Created on 24 June 2021
- 14. Victoria Moroles Discusses Her New Role In Hulu's "Plan B," Reflecting On Friendship, Sex Ed, And More: BUST Intervi
- (Movies)
- ... a bit darker in tone such as MTV’s Teen Wolf. Tone-wise, Plan B—as a more racy, teen comedy that also packs a powerful message—seems to be a departure from some of your previous work. What was it like ...
- Created on 04 June 2021
- 15. Comedian Skye Townsend Discusses Her Big Break Starring In Season 2 Of "A Black Lady Sketch Show" And More: BUST Intervie
- (TV)
- ... despite anything. I think a misconception is that comedians are always happy; no. Comedians can be dark, they can be depressed, they can be sad. But we love joy enough to continue spreading it despite ...
- Created on 27 May 2021
- 16. TV Writer Danielle Henderson Gets Personal With Her New Memoir, "The Ugly Cry": BUST Intervie
- (Books)
- ... edition of BUST Magazine. Subscribe today! More from BUST Self-Help Icon Sonya Renee Taylor Is Back With A New Toolkit For "Radical Self-Love" Lilly Dancyger Shines Light Into The Dark Corners Of ...
- Created on 26 May 2021
- 17. Musician Cassandra Violet Opens Up About The Social Pressures of the "Biological Clock," The Meaning Behind Her New Music Video And Album, And The Everyday Anxieties We All Face: BUST Intervie
- (Music)
- ... be happy?” “This whole album is about anxiety,” she said. “It’s very dark in a lot of ways, but it can also be very silly.” Her second most-popular song, “Swim Test,” is on the album with over ...
- Created on 18 May 2021
- 18. Does Netflix's Upcoming Season Of "Master Of None" Hide Behind Queer Black Women To Sell Audiences A Dying Sho
- (TV)
- ... in authentic depictions of queer Black love. Not only that, but as one Twitter user points out, the queer Black characters in question are almost never dark-skinned, highlighting the rampant colorism of ...
- Created on 27 April 2021
- 19. Reclaiming The Lens: 10 Women Filmmakers Spearheading The New Wave in Black Cinema
- (Movies)
- ... And The Spades, an intimate portrait of the dark side of boarding school. The film premiered to much critical acclaim at Sundance Film Festival, and is now available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video. ...
- Created on 22 April 2021
- 20. Remembering Jessica Walter from "Arrested Development," Plus 5 Amazing Lucille Bluth Quotes To Brighten Your Da
- (Entertainment)
- In the years before her death this week at 80, actor Jessica Walter captured the essence of the 2000s with her embodiments of cold, distant, self-centered matriarchs on Archer and Arrested Development. ...
- Created on 26 March 2021
