Arts
The Best Lonely Island Movie Adaptations That Haven't Been Made Yet
The indie Robin Wright film “Adore” made waves (or at least mediocre splashes—33% on Rotten Tomatoes and a modest box office haul) when it hit theaters last month due in part to its controversial storyline involving two mothers who engage in carnal relations with each other’s sons. Despite our most sincere intentions to move out of an SNL-centric pop culture paradigm, we couldn’t help but recognize that the plot of the film was identical the Lonely Island and Justin Timberlake collaboration “Motherlover.” And so the Arts Blog presents our ideas for the most compelling hypothetical films based on other Lonely Island tracks.
Q&A: Rosalind Wiseman Uncovers a Whole New "World"
It’s been over a decade since Rosalind Wiseman’s “Queen Bees & Wannabes,” the nonfiction book about female bullying that served as the source material for “Mean Girls,” was released. This month, its male counterpart “Masterminds and Wingmen” hit shelves. In an interview with The Crimson Wiseman talked about the complex concept of “boy world,” the possibility of “Mean Guys” coming to screens sometime soon, and the complications of race and masculinity.
