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Kevin Can F**k Himself Flips The Script on Misogynistic Sitcom Tropes: A Review
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(TV)
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... Kevin (Eric Petersen). You wouldn’t know the premise is that grim though as the show welcomes viewers into Allison’s home with a familiar scene straight out of sitcoms-past: Kevin plays beer pong in the ...
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Created on 07 July 2021
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Sincerity Amidst The Chaos: Valerie Mahaffey and Danielle Macdonald On Playing Absurd Characters In The New Film, "French Exit
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(Entertainment)
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... and she’s very painfully obsessed with Frances. “I never wanted my character to be just funny, I know how to play funny, I have done sitcoms,” Mahaffey said with a laugh, “but I wanted her to be true. ...
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Created on 16 February 2021
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"Trinkets" Star Chloë Levine On Why She Loves Her Breakout Character: BUST Intervie
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(TV)
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Some Trinkets spoilers ahead.
Trinkets has all the makings of a stellar teen drama: thoughtful friendships between women, important issues handled with nuance, and flawed, messy love stories that ...
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Created on 28 August 2020
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Netflix Is Acquiring Seven Black Sitcoms From The '90s
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(TV)
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Netflix is adding seven iconic Black sitcoms to its streaming library starting this weekend. The '90s shows being added to the platform include Moesha, its spinoff The Parkers, The Game, Sister, Sister, ...
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Created on 31 July 2020
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Growing Up '90s: What the Ladies of "Living Single" Taught M
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(TV)
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When quotes from an interview with Friends cast member David Schwimmer went viral, many people felt he missed the mark by not taking into account one of the most influential all-Black casted sitcoms ...
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Created on 13 February 2020
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How Much Do You Know About Valerie Harper? Take The BUST Pop Quiz!
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(Entertainment)
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Best known for her starring role in the late ’70s sit-com Rhoda, actor Valerie Harper passed away on August 30 at 80, leaving behind a long legacy of laughter. Think you know what made Val such a great ...
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Created on 24 January 2020
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Thank You, Rebecca Bunch! 8 Radical Moments "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" Got Righ
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(TV)
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... fat, and she also has heavy boobs and thighs that touch, in contrast to many other women in sitcoms. That shouldn’t be radical, but it is because the thin ideal is still the primary default. Rebecca, Valencia, ...
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Created on 03 April 2019
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Abbi Jacobson And Ilana Glazer Say Goodbye To "Broad City"—But Not Each Othe
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(TV)
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... VICTOR GLEMAUD SWEATER DRESS
When you were talking about “caramel and queer,” it made me think about ’90s sitcoms. Like on Friends, there was so much gay panic, where the joke was that two men were ...
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Created on 23 January 2019
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Penny Marshall, Star Of "Laverne & Shirley" And Director Of "A League Of Their Own," Has Died At Age
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(Movies)
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... her roles on sitcoms like Laverne & Shirley, Happy Days, and The Odd Couple; the first show, which premiered in 1976, aired for eight seasons and, at its peak, was broadly known as the number one show ...
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Created on 18 December 2018
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Embrace '90s Nostalgia This Halloween With These TV Character Costumes
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(Style)
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... yearning, I’ve turned to the cartoons and sitcoms of my youth. Well, it just so happens that shows from the '90s and early 2000s are a wealth of costume inspiration. So for any of you with a vague recollection ...
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Created on 15 October 2018
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Hayley Williams Of Paramore, Before "After Laughter": From The BUST Archive
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(Music)
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... but I was allowed to watch Nick at Nite to my heart’s content. I would go to bed every night after watching I Love Lucy. I love a funny woman. There are plenty of funny dudes and goofy dads on sitcoms, ...
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Created on 25 July 2018
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Issa Rae is Making The '90s Black Drama We Deserve
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(Entertainment)
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... a drama set in 1990s LA.
For many of us, we look at the '90s as the golden age of black representation in TV. With shows like Family Matters, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and Moesha, '90s sitcoms challenged ...
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Created on 24 October 2017
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13.
Looking Back At Mary Tyler Moore's Legac
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(TV)
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... way for shows like 30 Rock, Sex and the City, and Ally McBeal.
But the show’s impact was on more than just the sitcoms to follow. The Mary Tyler Moore Show came at a key moment in second wave feminism, ...
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Created on 25 January 2017
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How Wonder Woman's Patty Jenkins Became The First Woman To Direct A Superhero Movie: 52 Weeks Of Directors ...
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(Movies)
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... up on military bases all over the globe, where she became a fan of British sitcoms, but at the same time, discovered the work of directors like Martin Scorsese, Elia Kazan, and Stanley Kubrick. “Those ...
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Created on 12 January 2017
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Samantha Bee, Kate McKinnon, Tracee Ellis Ross, And More Explain Why Men Aren't Funn
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(Entertainment)
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... roles in movies, sitcoms, and talk shows. Why? Well, it comes down to the basic truth that men just aren’t funny. They just aren't, okay?
Now, we finally have some answers to what we’ve all wondered: Why ...
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Created on 16 August 2016
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Tina Fey On Her Friendship With Amy Poehler And The Wage Gap For Women In Comedy
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(Entertainment)
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... acting in two television sitcoms (30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt); penning a New York Times-bestselling memoir (Bossypants); hosting the Golden Globes, together with Amy Poehler, for three years; ...
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Created on 03 August 2016
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Stephanie Beatriz Used BUST To Come Out And We Are Honored
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(TV)
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... people everywhere.
You may know Beatriz as Rosa Diaz on Nine-Nine, a fierce badass detective that everyone in the precinct obsesses over. Nine-Nine is one of my favorite sitcoms, and Diaz is could kill ...
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Created on 18 July 2016
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Seizure Or Hangover? On Living With Epilepsy: BUST True Story
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(Living)
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... that mainly involves numbing your mind with terrible American sitcoms, ordering emergency Domino’s pizza and the occasional crying bout.
The postictal headache I can only compare to the headache I had ...
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Created on 11 July 2016
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Maria Bamford Is A Comedy Rebel: From The BUST Archives
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(TV)
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... too much of an iconoclast for Hollywood sensibilities. “I did a couple of bit parts on sitcoms,” she says, “and I had to put on a giant padded bra. That’s why I haven’t liked some things about TV. I don’t ...
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Created on 23 May 2016
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6 More Of Our Favorite TV Moms
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(Living)
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... sitcoms of yore, Rainbow isn't perfect. She has flaws and insecurities; she seems closer to a real mother than June Cleaver ever did. She also has impeccable fashion sense, which I think is worth noting. ...
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Created on 02 May 2016
