Once upon a midnight dreary, as we
pondered weak and weary, we realized that
2017 was a year rife with goodbyes.
It's been a hard year for all, not the least of
which was anything in pop culture. So many
of our favorite trends and couples and works
of art did like the ghosts, goblins, vampires
and Thackery Binxes of yore and...died.
Yes, now it is time to say the long goodbye
as they head for the long nap. We shall think
of them every year on All Hallows Eve, as the
Druids and the Celts and their ilk come out to
celebrate this dark holy Holiday. As the toils
trouble and the fires burn and the cauldrons
bubble, we will pay homage to the pop
culture milestones of years' past.
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| RIP celebs |
Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor. Anna Faris and Chris
Pratt. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner. The world is used to
celebrity couples splitting earlier and more often than their non-
famous counterparts, but there are a few relationships that we
hold as sacred and solid as a rock. 2017 decided to laugh in the
face of all of that belief in love. If Tom Hanks and Rita
Wilson ever break up, we don't know what we'll do.
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| RIP mindy |
The end of Mindy Kaling's namesake show has been in the
works for awhile now, but that's not going to make the final
episode any easier to get through. At least we have a mini
Mindy to look forward to.
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| RIP old taylor |
You know the drill by now so don't even bother asking if she
can come to the phone.
Remember all that fanfare when American Idol ended? All
the hoopla that was made over the final episode, all the nostalgic
look-backs? That was a funny joke.
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| RIP summer box office |
There was a time when the country collective ran straight to the
movie theater every summer weekend, but 2017 was the year that
people decided...not to. Maybe it was Netflix, maybe it was
sequel overload, maybe it was heavy-handed Rotten Tomatoes
grading, but either way those glory days are over.
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| RIP Iphones |
iPhone X? More like iPhone-Give-Us-All-Your-Money. There
used to be a time when buying a new Apple product was less
costly than taking out a mortgage. What happened?
Because Here Lies Hannah Horvath felt a little too
morbid. Lena Dunham and her cast of very eclectic Brooklyn
characters may be long gone from HBO, but the mark they left
on raves and accidental nudity will last forever.
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| RIP free time |
Alexander and Ella Clooney, we gather you here today to tell
you about a time long ago when your dad used to party.
Never has there been a wardrobe item so ill-advised and yet so
hilarious all at once. It's probably better for society that the
male version of the romper didn't catch on the way all those bros
from Maryland hoped it would.
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| RIP sex city |
We know, the body isn't even cold. But the only way to get
over the once-possible-and-now-completely-impossible third Sex
and the City movie is to move on immediately.
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| RIP Aim |
Pretty soon there won't even be a generation that knows the
meaning of "what's your screen name?"
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