Author: Joe Joyce
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Retrofuturism with a side of fries: Reviewing Elon Musk’s LA Tesla diner
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In happier days, fast-food used to come with fries. Now, it just comes with politics, no substitutions. Happy Meal toys conspire to turn your children transgender, Chick-fil-A waffle fries signal your allegiance to the Christonationalist…
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’28 Years Later’ and the permanent apocalypse
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In 2003, director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland introduced the concept of fast zombies to popular culture with their apocalypse film 28 Days Later. In 2025, I have finally forgiven them for it. 28…
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White Lotus in the jungle
I am a writer in Los Angeles, which is just a sidelong way of saying I still have roommates as I approach 30. I’m lucky in that it’s a largely frictionless affair, though the television is far too communal for someone who watches far too much of it. The other night I was catching up…
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The extraordinary Nate Bargatze
Just who does Nate Bargatze think he is? Whenever America’s top-grossing comedian releases a new special (his most recent, Your Friend, Nate Bargatze, on Netflix now), this is often the question on coastal critics’ lips. It’s less accusation than earnest inquiry, for maybe if he tells them directly, they’ll be spared the difficulty of figuring…