Tag: Do Revenge
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Netflix Wanted to Censor That Delightfully Foul-Mouthed ‘Do Revenge’ Cameo
[Editor’s note: The following article contains spoilers for “Do Revenge,” now streaming on Netflix.]With “Do Revenge,” Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and co-writer Celeste Ballard have created the ultimate “Fatal Attraction” reference (that would be “Glenn-ergy”) and coined a heck of a brand-new backhanded compliment: Being a “high status cunt.” And if you just flinched, just wait…
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‘Do Revenge’ Review: Maya Hawke Rages Against the Sheen in Bubble Gum Teen Satire
Despite reports of Gen-z’s progressive politics, it appears hyper-awareness around sexuality, consent, and toxic masculinity have only made high school popularity contests more sophisticated. That is, if we’re to take the outlandish feminist satire running through Netflix’s dark teen comedy “Do Revenge” at face value, anyway. If two-faced men’s rights groups and psychedelic mushroom stings…
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Maya Hawke Channeled Paul Newman, Joaquin Phoenix, and Marlon Brando for Twisted ‘Do Revenge’ Role
[Warning: The below contains spoilers for “Do Revenge,” now streaming on Netflix.]A modern update on “Clueless” and “Cruel Intentions” with a “Strangers on a Train” twist? Well, we might not immediately think of Marlon Brando or Paul Newman as inspirations for a Hitchcockian ode to classic ’90s teen dramedies, but we are not Hollywood royalty,…
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How Maya Hawke Went from ‘Stranger Things’ to ‘Strangers on a Train’-Inspired ‘Do Revenge’
Maya Hawke is a self-proclaimed workaholic — as if we needed the multi-faceted artist to tell us that.After breaking out in Netflix’s viral hit series “Stranger Things” to releasing a new album and leading indie films like Gia Coppola’s “Mainstream” and Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s “Do Revenge,” premiering September 16, It Girl Hawke refuses to take…
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With ‘Do Revenge,’ Director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson Reimagines the Campy Teen Movie for Gen Z
Some people look back at their high school years with a certain wistfulness; others couldn’t be paid to revisit that particular stretch of adolescence… thank you very much.Filmmaker Jennifer Kaytin Robinson falls squarely in the latter category, though she admits she’s at least partially to blame for the bad memories.“I was a bitch,” she says…
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‘Do Revenge’ Trailer: Maya Hawke Is Back in School with ‘Heathers’-Esque Queer Psychopathic Comedy
Don’t mess with Maya.Maya Hawke leads Netflix dark comedy “Do Revenge” alongside Camila Mendes, about popular high schooler Drea (Mendes) who seeks retaliation against her ex-boyfriend (Austin Abrams of “Euphoria” fame) after a very public sexting scandal. Enter: Eleanor, played by Hawke, who also has a score to settle involving a rumor she tried to…