The Literate Kitty

Pollution. Overcrowding. Poverty. Disease. Hunger. Rampant crime. Political upheaval and uncertainty. A pandemic. People struggling to survive just one more day, and then another.   And a few of them, here and there, deciding—for one reason or another—that they’re not gonna take it any more [ hopefully you just started bobbing your head to Twisted Sister, but if you weren’t, until right this second, you’re welcome ]. It could be today, tomorrow, or at some point not so far into the future, as in A.D. Enderly’s serpentine, dystopian sci-fi series debut, Complex . _______________ Everything basically sucks, in this dog-eat-dog world—especially if you’re just a nobody, trying to live your life—and Val knows that better than most. At 18, she’s already been the “parent” in her family for a couple years, responsible for food, shelter, and the general well-being of not only herself, but also of her younger sister, Kat. Sure, things could be easier… if she agreed to basically si...

You know how “there’s a fine line between [blank] and [blank]” (insert whatever you’re comparing, here)? Well, for me, there’s a mighty fine line between the right amount of over-the-top whatever , and going so far over that something that the point ends up being lost in a sea of so much stupidity (confusion, disbelief, etc).   Enter Wayne (which apparently came out nearly two years ago, back when YouTube was dipping its toes into original content, but—more importantly—got picked up recently by Amazon, and thus brought to our collective consciousness), from the writers behind none other than Deadpool . (Look, if Deadpool ’s not your bag, I get it , but for me? Seeing that in the tagline made it an “okay, I’m gonna start watching this  tonight ” kinda thang.) [Now is when (you either skip this aside down Memory Lane, or stick with me for a hot minute) I should prolly mention that there was actually one other thing in the ad that grabbed me, even before I saw the blurb listin...