Colette Arrand Jan 24, 2022. 9 minute read
Dawn of the Sad Rafter Clown (1997 Week 3)
I watched a frankly modern amount of wrestling this week. Raw was an hour. ECW was an hour. WCW, damn them, ran a Nitro, a Clash of the Champions, and nWo Souled Out, a whopping six and a half hours of content strung along, like most WCW programming, on the…
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Gretchen Felker-Martin Jan 24, 2022. 2 minute read
‘Framing Agnes’ Review: Slight, but Heartfelt
Transhood, The Trans List, Disclosure, No Ordinary Man — the last decade is littered with documentaries on the present and recent past of transgender culture, and without exception these films feature at least one talking head decrying the salacious public and journalistic fixation on gender reassignment surgery, reminding viewers that…
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REVIEWS
Lizzy Flanagan Jan 21, 2022. 6 minute read
Tragically Mismanaged, It’s No Surprise Mustafa Ali Wants a Release
Mustafa Ali found his way to WWE through his entry in the 2016 Cruiserweight Classic tournament. Despite losing in the first round, Ali was later able to find a place in WWE’s 205 Live brand, where he became one of the top babyfaces in the cruiserweight division. He wowed fans…
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Natalie Weiner Jan 21, 2022. 3 minute read
Lusia Harris-Stewart Shows Why We Must Rewrite History
Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. “Harris may not be a household name,” cautions NPR’s obituary for legendary basketball…
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Steven Nguyen Scaife Jan 21, 2022. 8 minute read
Three Visits to Detention: the Game, the Movie, and the Netflix Series
(Note: Detention‘s Character names are translated differently into English across different adaptations. For clarity’s sake, I’ve used the original game’s spelling and shortened names throughout. For one Netflix-specific character, I’ve used the spelling given in the English subtitles.) Which video games get adapted to other mediums is seemingly random. It…
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mer Jan 19, 2022. 6 minute read
What’s a Beast to the All Mighty? Bobby Lashley Hunts Brock Lesnar
Raw aired from Philadelphia last Monday, making it only the second-worst sports news for Philly fans in recent days. WWE has continued to produce their same 2020 level content as they kicked off 2022, offering the occasional solid match sandwiched between two hours of rambling promos that we’ve all heard…
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