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    At the Movies to Avenge the Public's Rejection of the Two Bens
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    Image of Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy
    09/01/09

    In reply to At the Movies to Avenge the Public's Rejection of the Two Bens
    Is this bolded-caps listicle a new Gawker prose form? Because, um, it's making my eyes hurt.

    Having said that, bring on the film snobs. A last hurrah against the idiocracy.
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    Image of Halo_Override Halo_Override
    09/01/09

    In reply to At the Movies to Avenge the Public's Rejection of the Two Bens
    They're about an inch away from just renaming the show Look, We're Sorry, Okay? We Fucked It Up.

    Is it naive fantasy to hope someone executivey got fired?
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    Image of Halo_Override Halo_Override
    09/01/09

    @Halo_Override: And now I've watched the clip... Wow... Disney may as well have just mailed Mankiewicz a box full of human shit.
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    09/01/09

    In reply to At the Movies to Avenge the Public's Rejection of the Two Bens
    So I guess across the length and breadth of the land there is not a single talented, telegenic woman film critic?
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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    09/01/09

    @Seeräuber Jenny: When Richard Roeper was trying out guest reviewers (both critics and celebrities) after Ebert got sick, he included several women. As I recall, the most engaging were Aisha Tyler, who probably has better things to do, and EW's Lisa Schwarzbaum, who was hired by a different review show.

    In the end, the only critics he kept bringing back were, um, Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott.
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    Image of icestorm icestorm
    09/01/09

    @TedSez: What happened to Roeper? Why didn't he stay?
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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    09/01/09

    @icestorm: He and Ebert were mad about the dumbing-down of the show. Supposedly they're working on their own version, which will bring back the thumbs-up, thumbs-down ratings system because Ebert has that trademarked.
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    Image of FrozenHaddock FrozenHaddock
    09/01/09

    In reply to At the Movies to Avenge the Public's Rejection of the Two Bens
    What's a "whistful retelling"? A nineteenth-century anecdote about losing a game of cards?
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    09/01/09

    @FrozenHaddock:

    Rebelotte!
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    Image of FrozenHaddock FrozenHaddock
    09/01/09

    @Seeräuber Jenny: Had to look that pretty word up, and I'm adding it to my vocabulary. At first I thought it meant 'rebel underwear'.
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    09/01/09

    @FrozenHaddock: On a warm summers evenin on a train bound for nowhere,
    I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep.
    So we took turns a starin out the window at the darkness
    til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    09/01/09

    In reply to At the Movies to Avenge the Public's Rejection of the Two Bens
    I'll bet they think Jerry Lewis is a genius.
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