Vrai Kaiser

I'm Vrai Kaiser, writer by profession and analytic nerd for the love of the game. I've been published in online magazine The Alligator, and am currently working to get my first novel published. Here you'll find updates on my work, as well as pop culture analysis, recaps, and reviews. Commentary and requests are always welcome.

Trash & Treasures: Bit (PRIDE MONTH)

By Vrai Kaiser on June 29, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Very earnestly, about as good as a movie about feminism written by a cishet dude could manage. Look, I’m not gonna turn down a trans vampire.

Bend the Rules, but Never Break Them: Individual growth and systemic oppression in Yu-Gi-Oh!

By Vrai Kaiser on June 26, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Yu-Gi-Oh! has always been a series about dichotomies. The premise draws from the same well of ideas about “shadow selves” that would go on to make Persona 4 such a hit with the next generation of edgelord teens, and the legendarily brutal edit job it received during 4Kids […]

Trash & Treasures: Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same (PRIDE MONTH)

By Vrai Kaiser on June 22, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

I want you to imagine: Plan 9 From Outer Space meets Clerks, and make it gay.

Trash & Treasures: Friends & Family (PRIDE MONTH)

By Vrai Kaiser on June 15, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

90% of the crew got together to make one excellent indie movie and then basically vanished off the face of the Earth.

Trash & Treasures: The Talented Mr. Ripley (PRIDE MONTH)

By Vrai Kaiser on June 8, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

This year’s theme is “queer genre film,” so how could we not start with an adaptation of the novel that served as forefather to many of our beloved sympathetic murder gays. On a more serious note, please check the links for this (and all our Pride) episodes for […]