Tag: Social Commentary
The Dating Game in NYC. Whatever happened to it?
Dating is a tenuous affair, especially in a vibrant 'everyman for himself' domain like New York City. What one learns after having spent some time in NY is that dating isn't just really a desire to connect emotionally or...
Violence in Advertising and why it sells.
If one pays attention to the type of advertising that has increasingly become de rigeur in society, more and more one will notice that advertisements are becoming increasingly loaded with the insinuation of violence against men or women. From...
The Deepness in the Shallow Pleasure of Gossip Girl.
In a world that has become superficiality first and morality and good ethics second, are what we view on the television screen as a source of entertainment, the new semblance of our selves? An all too common sight we...
The etiquette of sharing drugs. A ten step plan on how to snort.
Staying high in America.
In case you didn’t know, doing drugs is an important aspect of contemporary life in America. This includes all the blunts you smoke, the crystal you blast, and all the valium you kick back. Of course,...
Lilo and papa. How to save the family that can’t save itself.
Tweeting that daddy is a loser.
It’s a rare instance when families take their dirty laundry out and air it publicly. Things of course don’t work that way when you are a public figure whose very existence and pay check...
Violence in Florida. Watching the country engage in mass madness.
Trying to understand our love affair with mass shootings.
It’s been a horrific back to back last couple of days with the country erupting in mass shooting sprees that are leaving people dead and injured in the most random absurd...
Three days a year that you won’t get back – how facebook is eating up your time
I have been wondering lately exactly what it was that I did with the spare minutes of my day before facebook sprang into my consciousness.
I am more than a little concerned to find that I quite simply don't remember....
NYPD Felon. No longer an oxymoron.
Bernard Kerik becomes the first NYPD commissioner in over 100 years to admit to committing a felony.
We here at Scallywag are less dedicated to breaking the news to you than we are to showing our utter disgust for it....
The Dirty business of a Hollywood writer.
The screenwriter is the lowest primordial goo of the Hollywood food chain. It's actually a hell realm reserved for karmically challenged individuals who clearly did terrible things in their past lives. Anyone attempting to become a "screen writer" in...
Bloomberg’s a Billionaire but what about NY?
Special feature by Clayton Patterson.
This is a question I ask in my movie "Captured." NYC used to be the cultural capital of the western world. This town used to be a breeding ground for hundreds of geniuses. One of the...
How to Get Away with Murder, Mafia Execution Captured on Tape.
Apparently the perfect murder is not the most complicated.
You don’t have to be overly cunning, or even particularly subtle. All you have to do, it seems, is make sure that absolutely everyone is utterly shit-scared of you.
As the...
The Halloween Debacle and how you fell for it.
If you were anybody you were kicking it at the most exclusive party. Where that party was only you know (and us of course). There were exclusive parties and even triple exclusive parties. You were crooning in the background,...
Coming to terms with asymetrical breasts.
Learning how to survive on your looks...
There are some things that warrant attention and concern when the sexes negotiate with each other. Out of reddit, we found a new nagging concern that until now was little discussed - asymetrical...
The etiquette of Smoking crack. The last crack hipster.
Adventures in the basement.
For those of who are looking for a new fix can we suggest an introduction to the last crack hipster. Admittedly, the drug is somewhat out of vogue but thankfully for us he is still persevering-
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The Steve Phillips sex scandal.
Psychos, sportscasters and their wives.
Welcome to the life of Steve Phillips, America’s sunny face on ESPN, and the current nightmare of an ensemble that includes his wife, Marni, his jilted 22 year old lover and the network that hires...
