TEA POP CULTURE
A curated round up of pop culture from both sides of the Atlantic
The perfect things to enjoy with a cuppa!
WATCH: Amy Schumer Learns To Cook
At last a funny cooking show that appeals to those who enjoy cooking and those who don’t. Amy Schumer Learns to Cook is a new cooking show starring comedian and actor Amy Schumer and her husband, chef Chris Fischer on the Food Network. The combination of Amy’s quick wit, Chris’s know-how and the homely setting in Martha’s Vineyard creates the kind of comfort TV we need right now.
WATCH: Dead to Me (season 2)
Christina Applegate plays Jen, a widow who is struggling with her anger while trying to solve her husband’s death in a hit and run accident. Jen meets quirky Judy at a grieving circle and despite being polar opposite, they become fast friends in common grief. Judy isn’t what she seems to be, and we gradually start to understand the big secret and shame she is carrying.
READ + WATCH: Normal People by Sally Rooney
The Irish author Sally Rooney made waves in the literacy world when her second book ‘Normal People’ became the talk of the town in 2018. The BBC TV adaptation of the popular book, dropped on Hulu at the end of last week. It tells the coming-of-age story of Marianne and Connell, two teenagers from different social backgrounds navigating their last year of school in a small Irish town and moving onto college life at Trinity College in Dublin.
WATCH: The World According to Jeff Goldblum
Once in a while a TV show comes along that brightens up your day and makes you see the world through a brighter and more playful lens. The World According to Jeff Goldblum is one of those shows!
Each episode explores a familiar thing in popular culture that people love such as; ice cream, sneakers, denim, coffee etc. The show visually explains the history and science behind it and also how society continues to interact and celebrate it.
WATCH: The Stranger
The Stranger is a fast paced detective drama on Netflix that is perfect to binge watch during a rainy day or over a couple evenings, in fact my sister and brother-in-law stayed up until 2am to watch the final episode!
Family man Adam Price becomes entangled in a mystery when a stranger makes a shocking claim about his wife faking her pregnancy. A web of lies turns a normal family’s suburban life upside to reveal skeletons in a number of family closets.