Too Much™
Tags: TV, Celebrity, Movies, Pop Culture

Sup bitches,

It has been pretty quiet this week, just building anticipation for the Met Gala and the VMAs while New York Fashion Week quickly concludes. I’m hoping for absolutely no relatability; just gag me with the drama.

The Damage™

This week’s noteworthy binges.

The D’Amelio Show (2021)

Charli D’Amelio is the “original” famous dancing white girl on TikTok, and her sister, Dixie D’Amelio, is now a recording artist who achieved fame by proxy.

The reality show is more documentary-style rather than Keeping Up With The Kardashians style — about how these TikTok Youth™ navigate their online lives and how it affects their waking life.

It’s pretty eerie how it’s a little like The Truman Show, BUT they know they’re in a show, and they can’t leave — “No one wants to see real life. They just want to see highlight reels.”

Every episode starts and ends with a Mental Health™ warning.

It gives pretty good insight into the minds of Gen Z with constant surveillance and judgement of others ruling their behaviour and lives, resulting in a whole lot of anxiety.

Just putting it out there… I think Dixie is queer.

There’s quite some humanity in the show, but also a shit ton of product placement…

Disney+ / 30 mins / 8 episodes

Only Murders in the Building (2021)

A show about true crime obsessives who band together and create a true crime podcast investigating a real murder in their building.

Featuring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez as stranger-neighbours turned friends.

It’s delightful. Selena Gomez has come a long way from her days of Wizards of Waverley Place, holding her own beside 2 strong, veteran actors.

Episodes are released weekly but it’s compelling enough to get me tuned in.

Disney+ / 30–40 mins / 4/8 episodes out / Mystery, comedy

Afterlife of the Party (2021)

A young party girl dies and gets to right her wrongdoings in the afterlife by coming back as a ghost that exactly one (1) person can see.

Victoria Justice is known for overacting, as we know from Victorious. She looks exactly the same 10 years later, which is a little alarming.

It’s a pretty trashy movie, but at least it’s quite empathetic about grief and loss, which is nice. But still way too long, and I don’t recommend it.

Netflix / 110 mins / Comedy, drama, fantasy, romance

Cruella (2021)

For some reason, the critics hate this movie, but I LOVE it.

We learn the origin story of Cruella and why she’s such a little Dalmatian-hating bitch. Also, it’s BRITISH.

Cruella is basically the drag character of Estella, serving lewks upon lewks and that iconic dress-on-fire fashion reveal moment.

If you liked The Devil Wears Prada, I don’t see why you won’t love this.

The soundtrack is the cherry on top for me.

Disney+ / 134 minutes / Crime, comedy, drama

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

Asian represents in the new Marvel movie.

Tony Leung is fucking amazing, the fight choreography is next-level, almost dance-like, and Awkwafina!!

Similar to Black Panther, the movie feels like a standalone, and at point I forgot it’s a Marvel movie.

Simu Liu, whom we know from Kim’s Convenience, stars as Shang-Chi and he’s fittttttt. Before all that, he was a freakin asian model for stock photos la omg…. Someone on Twitter compiled them all and it’s worth a scroll.

Only in theatres / 132 minutes / Action, superhero

The Circle USA (2020 — )

One of my favourite reality TV shows to date! (Below Deck is my fav and I am not ashamed)

Participants are isolated from one another, and set up in their own little apartments. They set up online profiles onto the social network called The Circle, where they can be whoever they want to be, catfish or not. They then speak through the platform (and various screens around their apartment) and rank each other every other day. The top 2 rated players become Influencers and vote to eliminate someone. Every now and then, new players are introduced to stir the pot.

There are quite a few international versions, including France and Brazil. As a fan, it’s fun to see how different cultures approach gameplay differently.

The cast is pretty diverse too. This season, we have an Indian lady with dwarfism.

There’s a new twist this season that kept things fresh and exciting.

Netflix / 3 seasons / 59 minutes / 12–13 episodes per season / 4/13 episodes out (S3)

🚨ICYMI 🚨

You snooze, you lose.

⚠️ RADAR ⚠️

Girl, what did that girl just say girl?

[Fashion] WERRRRK. Volume 3 of the Savage X Fenty show will hit Prime Video on September 24. No idea who’s gonna feature, but we know we’re gonna be dazzled to death.

[Celebrity] Look and smell Rihanna in this Dazed feature and photoshoot.

[TV] Season 5 of Rick and Morty has wrapped, but isn’t on Netflix yet. I am 2 seasons behind, at best. Still waiting for the perfect level of inebriation to experience it!

[TV] Oof. Pheobe Waller-Bridge and Donald Glover could’ve been our modern day Mr and Mrs Smith, but she left the show due to “creative differences.”

[TV] Lucifer is officially over, over. Meanwhile, I’m still stuck on the musical episode in 5A while critics praise the fuck out of it. Idk.

[TV] The 4th and final season of On My Block will be out in October. FINALLY.

[Music] Lana Del Rey’s new album is coming in October. In the meantime, here’s her video for Arcadia. She peaked at Born To Die, don’t @ me.

[Celebrity] When Michaela Coel writes something, you run to a quiet corner and hold onto every single word. Her debut book is now available. Check out an excerpt here.

[TV] The third instalment American Crime Story is now airing. This time, about the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky saga. YES!

[Movie] The trailer for the latest Matrix movie is here, and I am guilty of not watching a single movie from the franchise. I should tho, especially after knowing it’s a Trans Allegory™.

[Tech] Ray-Ban just dropped smart glasses in partnership with Dr Evil, a.k.a. Facebook. I hope this doesn’t work out.

[Tech] Twitter has a new subscription based feature, Super Follows, that offers exclusive content from creators to subscribers under a paywall. It’s kinda like Substack.

[Music] Praise the Lord. Normani WILL be performing at the VMAs.

[TV] Some cringe reality TV show called The Activist where activists compete and are scored based on social media analytics is coming up, with judges Usher, Priyanka Chopra Jones and Julianne Hough. This one really Too Much™.

[TV] Gag me and call me daddy. A new season of Sex Education will be out next week.

[Movie] There’s gonna be a Bob’s Burgers movie?!!!!

Next week’s gonna be lit — DOJA CAT will be hosting the VMAs!

XOXO,

Bitchington.