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December 26, 2020 // By Maddye Belov-Boxer

Season Four of ‘Big Mouth’ Has an Even Bigger Heart

Warning: spoilers ahead. Few shows have been able to encapsulate the mortifying, disgusting realities of puberty and the middle school experience like “Big Mouth.” Nick (Nick Kroll), Andrew (John Mulaney), Jessi (Jessi Klein), Missy (Jenny Slate/Ayo Edebiri) and friends have been suffering through dramatic changes to their bodies and behavior for three seasons now, portraying fragile egos bruised irreparably by a brutal social hierarchy and mostly well-meaning family members. The fou...
November 19, 2020 // By Maddye Belov-Boxer

#FOCUSDEMOCRACY: Dear Trump Supporters: An Open Letter

Hey, thanks for reading this. I’m not here to condescend to you, whoever you are. You had your reasons for voting to reelect Donald Trump as president and you cast your vote accordingly, as is your right. However, I want to talk to you for a moment about this man that you are so willing to defend and praise. Is it because he’s the president, because he’s Donald Trump or both? It’s obvious that you love him, or at least the idea of him. You believe what he says and you int...
October 28, 2020 // By Maddye Belov-Boxer

What to Stream This Halloween

With Halloween being on a Saturday this year, the long-held anticipation of having it be the spookiest time of the year only seems to mock us now. Luckily, these Halloween movie picks are just what you need to get into that spooky spirit. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) This kitschy, raunchy horror musical finds two newlyweds seeking shelter from a storm in a creepy castle, populated by free-spirited residents. Even if musicals are not your thing, you will find yourself singing along to the...
October 15, 2020 // By Maddye Belov-Boxer

‘Z’ Didn’t Start the Fire

If you have gone outside in the past few months, there’s a good chance you’ve seen a group of teenagers walking around without masks on. Living near a high school and two middle schools, I’ve seen plenty. There’s also a chance that you’ve seen news stories about parties getting busted by police. There were many of those parties around the country throughout the summer including some right here in Essex County. The first few times I saw these things occurring, my imm...
September 22, 2020 // By Maddye Belov-Boxer

‘The Umbrella Academy’ Are the Heroes We Need Now

In the year since the dynamic, darkly comical and eccentric first season of “The Umbrella Academy” premiered on Netflix, the world has changed in unimaginable ways. Amidst a surreal landscape featuring the civil rights movement of our time, a global pandemic, a looming election and an overwhelming amount of anxiety-inducing information, it seems appropriate that the complicated heroes of “The Umbrella Academy” find themselves in similarly turbulent times during the show’s second season...

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