And, of course, we're all waiting for Woody to write another great comedy -- but we've seen all his tricks before, and it's starting to seem as if he's gotten too old to learn any new ones.

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Really? Who? Name names! Name names and I'll tell you why they're all worthless sacks of shit. (nb: I think any critic who doesn't at least like the J5-Off the Wall-Thriller stuff has no fucking credibility whatsoever. It's a line I think you can't cross.)

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It is the ones who die young, like Marilyn Monroe or, say, Elvis, who maintain their reputations. If Marilyn ended up looking like Shelley Winters; and Elvis continued what would have been an appalling slide, they wouldn't be so worshipped.

Mozart is still played, so are Cole Porter, the Beatles, and the Beach Boys.

Genius cannot survive the controversy surrounding a current death. But, 10 years after a death, who will remember? Does the average 25-year-old who thinks the Beatles are cool care about Yoko Ono or "love-ins"? Anyone care that Cole Porter was gay and tried to hide it - or even know? Orson Welles had 3 children by 3 different women - no one knows that, but they do know "Citizen Kane".

It's early days, T.A.N. Eddie and Woody are still alive; MJ just passed. Watch what happens in a few years. The controversy that seems blindingly bright now will fade to a pinprick and a one-liner in Wikipedia under "Personal Life".

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