February 2012
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I typically abstain from any kind of commentary on the Academy Awards but I have contributed some squibbly thoughts to Spectrum Culture’s Oscar feature this year.
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Three citations, "secret downer" edition
“Even more striking is [The Nutty Professor]’s pessimistic and sorrowful conclusion—that everyone, including Stella Stevens’ character and us, prefers the greasy and aggressive braggadocio of [Buddy] Love to the gentle and klutzy fumblings of [Julius] Kelp.” — Jonathan Rosenbaum
“You know, The Artist is pretty much a TOTAL DOWNER about a depressed guy getting left in the dust....
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It’s Friday so I have another blurb over at Spectrum Culture. Click for further evidence of my pith skillz.
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“don’t look at my inbox! what kind of monster are you?”
– my co-worker brian (via yoursecretary)
Direct quote of thing I said.
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For @SpectrumCulture, I wrote about seeing The Muppet Movie for the first time.
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Contradictory (or not) citations
“This is a catastrophe that we hope will not end where it began; it might go on and become a story. It will not have to be made up — that is all-important to us — but we do have to know in what odd places to look for missing parts of a story about a wildfire and of course have to know a story and a wildfire when we see one. So this story is a test of its own belief — that in this...
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