Critical Hits & Misses #160

• Vanity Fair discusses why this year, The Flash, Once Upon A Time, and other shows are doing musical episodes, and why it works. Lots of discussion on how many tv stars got their start in musical theater, and audience interests in musicals seems to be cyclical in nature. 


• In less happy news, it's been discovered that YouTube restricts LGBTQ+ content to "protect children" (fuck you, YouTube). Autostraddle has the story. 

For today's musical hit, in the spirit of The Flash's musical episode, here's the original Broadway recording of Guys and Dolls "More I Cannot Wish You"

Today's critical rolls: We're in a musical mood today. What are your favorite musicals, or musical episodes of tv shows? Or maybe you're a musical hater, tell us why!


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Critical Hits & Misses #145

• Today in infuriating-but-not-really-surprising news: the Indian Censor Board has denied certification for the feminist film Lipstick Under My Burkha for being "lady-oriented." This film by Alankrita Shrivastava explores the sexual escapades of four women in a small town, and the movie has won lots of awards abroad. 


• If you're needing some solid punk feminist music, check out this article on Plasmic, whose synth punk music is "music to burn barbie dolls to." 

For today's musical hit, we have Plasmic's "Tears Are A Routine"

Today's critical rolls: Censorship sucks, but it's a constant when it comes to conservatives all over the world, and throughout history. What's your favorite censored book or music or movie and why?


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