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The best country playlist for a breakup By TAYLOR REESE Staff Writer You’ve just broken up with your boyfriend/girlfriend and you’re either crying out of sadness or crying tears of joy. You’re by yourself and need a playlist that either adds to your celebration or just hits you in your feels. The perfect genre is a country playlist. You can always rely on country music to have songs that seem to be talking about exactly what you’re feeling or songs that make you want to put on your hottest outfit and show your ex what they’re missing. First up is a sad song that will probably make you cry, but it’s just too good not to list: “What Hurts the Most” by Rascal Flatts. It’s one of the
most heart-wrenching country songs in existence, but it’s also one of the songs that you can truly connect with because you’re feeling exactly what is being sung. Next is something a little more upbeat: “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood. If you were played by your ex, this is the empowering song you need. Carrie singing about keying her ex’s car will make you want to go find your ex and give him/her a piece of your mind (but don’t key his/her car because then you’ll be in jail, and revenge isn’t as sweet when you’re in jail). Next on the playlist isn’t a country song that is about a breakup, but it is sung by one of the greatest women ever: “Fancy” by Reba McEntire. “Fancy”
may seem like a weird choice for this playlist since it isn’t about a breakup. However, it does make you realize things could be a lot worse: your mom could have sold you into prostitution (insert the emoji with the hands out). Since I’m limited to 300 words, I only have one more song for this short playlist. The last song is a new country pop song that is stuck in everyone’s head: “Meant To Be” by Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line. This song is perfect because, while it doesn’t explicitly talk about breakups, it tells you an important lesson: what is meant to be will be. You can’t stress about a relationship; what will happen will happen because it’s what’s meant to be.
October 3, 2018 Page 9
A Comic by Ellie Smith
This is why you should be watching Schitt’s Creek By DEMETRIUS HARRISON News Editor If you are a fan of The Office’s innocent, dry humor, you will die for “Schitt’s Creek.” Canadian television icons Eugene Levy, his son Dan Levy, Catherine O’Hara and Annie Murphy team up for television’s most underrated, hidden gem. You may recognize Catherine O’Hara from her roles in “Beetlejuice” and the “Home Alone“series, as well as Eugene Levy from his role as Mr. Levenstein in the “American Pie” franchise. “Schitt’s Creek” was created by Dan and Eugene Levy, they then transformed it into a Pop TV original. In the script, the four act as the Roses – an extremely wealthy, hilariously
out-of-touch family who owns the second-largest DVD rental company in America. Catherine O’Hara essentially plays the role of herself: one of the world’s most famous actresses, renamed Moira Rose. Eugene Levy is Johnny Rose, while their nearly 30-year-old children are David and Alex. In the pilot episode, all of the family’s assets are seized by the government due to their accountant not paying their taxes, stealing their money and running off to the Cayman Islands. The only asset the government leaves the family with is a town Johnny bought for David and Alexis as a joke during their childhood: Schitt’s Creek. The town is laughably small, spanning a few blocks wide, run by a city
council of five-people, one diner and a ratty motel the overly-sexual, disgusting town mayor allows the family to stay in for free. The funny part of the show is that although all of the family’s possessions have been taken from them, they still own all of their expensive, runway clothing and have the same stuck-up, rich mentality they had in New York City. They move into the town, certain they won’t live there long as Johnny has plans to sell the town, but he soon finds out the town was on the market for 20-years until he purchased it. This is why the government saw no value in it when seizing the rest of their assets. Throughout the storyline, Alexis
introduces us to her innocently hilarious, valley girl personality, Moira projects her selfishness, aiming to show the town she is better than them, David shines political light on his pansexuality, and Johnny questions daily how he got himself stuck in a family where he is the only practical being. Schitt’s Creek is the perfect blend of The Office and scripted reality television. The storyline features realistic, funny sibling feuds and a genuine depiction of the Kardashians if they were stripped of their pride and possessions. At just 20-minutes per episode, I highly suggest you choose Schitt’s Creek as your next Netflix binge! This description doesn’t do the show justice.
