Metro Weekly

Television

  • The Melancholy Sadness

    By on October 6, 2011

    Women's professional tennis has been a hotbed for social change, from the hear-us-roar launch of the women's pro tour in the 1970s to the emergence...

  • Role Model

    By on July 20, 2011

    By day, Sajdah Golde is a field organizer with the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Vote for Equality initiative, canvassing neighborhoods that voted for California's...

  • Housewife Commission

    By on August 4, 2010

    Think Michaele Salahi is the only local you'll recognize on Bravo's new Real Housewives of D.C.? The infamous White House party crasher may have gotten...

  • Birch Society

    By on August 10, 2005

    Move over Univision, BET, and Lifetime Television for Women -- we have arrived. While American entertainment has long had gay flavor, the dawn of here!...

  • All Soaped Up

    By on April 21, 2004

    As television critics ponder their post-mortems for the 2003-04 season, much attention will be paid to this year's crop of guilty pleasures. Whether it's the...

  • Fantastical Voyage

    By on March 31, 2004

    In the same whimsical, refreshing style that made Ally McBeal such a treat for millions of viewers, the Fox network has created its spiritual heir,...

  • Unwittingly Hooked

    By on March 24, 2004

    A former English teacher of mine used to say John Grisham novels were like Doritos. Even though they make you fat and have no nutritional...

  • Swan Dive

    By on March 10, 2004

    It's a universal truth, widely accepted, that inside every gay man is a blonde, neon-wearing, glitter-adorned, Justin Timberlake-loving teenaged girl. It's why movies like Jawbreaker...

  • Flash in the Plan

    By on March 3, 2004

    The brilliance of Saturday Night Live sketches is that they're short. The writers conceive of something funny, milk it for all it's worth and wrap...

  • Iron Jawed Angels

    By on February 11, 2004

    The history geek in me beamed with nerdy delight when I learned HBO was making a movie about Alice Paul, feminist hero and resident bad-ass...

  • Girls on Film

    By on January 21, 2004

    Despite its rather lame attempts to position itself as the gay and lesbian network of note, Showtime has managed the unexpected. From the network that...

  • Welcome Back

    By on December 17, 2003

    You've got to give her credit. Ellen DeGeneres just refuses to give up. Misfortune be damned, she's going to have a career in television. And...

  • Soaring Angels

    By on December 3, 2003

    The sheer scope and monumentality of HBO's Angels in America will surprise few. That the production triumphs and gives new legitimacy to television as a...

  • Skinned Alive

    By on November 12, 2003

    After just three episodes, Fox cancelled its most promising new show of the fall season. Skin, which made its debut during a very popular World...

  • One Minute Too Much

    By on October 22, 2003

    As a TV critic, you know you're in trouble when the running joke in a sitcom pilot revolves around cheese. When did cheese become funny?...