Criticism Is Dead
What we’re watching and what it all means (if it means anything at all)
3 years ago

I Care a Lot, It's a Sin, and #throwbackTUMBLR

Girlbosses and gays, plus suddenly it's 2014 again

We discuss I Care a Lot, a polarizing and deeply cynical(?) film, and It's a Sin, a limited series that's as tender as it is devastating.

04:42 I Care a Lot, streaming on Netflix, is ostensibly about a toxic white girlboss, but the extent to which the film is in on the joke is kinda hard to parse.

19:47 It's a Sin, out on HBO Max, is about coming of age in 1980s London, amid the AIDS crisis.

32:06 Plus, culture notes about the ways in which Tumblr has resurfaced in internet culture lately, including in a meme and in a Your Fave Is Problematic reveal.

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