Goofus and Gallant See a Documentary
Thank you, S.T. VanAirsdale!
The Reeler on David Denby, "I read David Denby so you don't have to, but this week's Sicko review is a special kind of horseshit that deserves your time if not your consideration. "Few people in Moore’s audience are likely to be displeased that (subjects) receive help from a Communist system," he writes in perhaps his most simple-minded pan ever; I gave up not long afterward, choosing not to follow Denby in his scenic round around Moore's point, modus operandi, sense of humor, etc. When did The New Yorker start cross-publishing film criticism from Highlights for Children?"
If there's anything that annoys me more than reading Denby, it's watching Moore. I only skimmed Denby on Moore and I won't likely see Sicko (unless I go with a large group of first-year internal medicine interns - I love seeing movies with audiences with an angle) but at this point, grudging defenses of Moore are more interesting than pans, I guess. Or maybe not. Me, I'm so tired of exhibitionist documentary that I'm not even going to define that term I just made up.
Oh, and I just finished watching When the Levees Broke, which is not an exhibitionist doc but felt like a traditional made-for-TV kind of doc. The voices of the locals and experts all came across good and strong and I really liked the play of what residents saw and experienced and knew with what university and professional-type researchers had to say. Just what I'd want from environmentalist media in general.
Reeler post also has something to say about why Indy, why Connecticut. Tax breaks, of course!
The Reeler on David Denby, "I read David Denby so you don't have to, but this week's Sicko review is a special kind of horseshit that deserves your time if not your consideration. "Few people in Moore’s audience are likely to be displeased that (subjects) receive help from a Communist system," he writes in perhaps his most simple-minded pan ever; I gave up not long afterward, choosing not to follow Denby in his scenic round around Moore's point, modus operandi, sense of humor, etc. When did The New Yorker start cross-publishing film criticism from Highlights for Children?"
If there's anything that annoys me more than reading Denby, it's watching Moore. I only skimmed Denby on Moore and I won't likely see Sicko (unless I go with a large group of first-year internal medicine interns - I love seeing movies with audiences with an angle) but at this point, grudging defenses of Moore are more interesting than pans, I guess. Or maybe not. Me, I'm so tired of exhibitionist documentary that I'm not even going to define that term I just made up.
Oh, and I just finished watching When the Levees Broke, which is not an exhibitionist doc but felt like a traditional made-for-TV kind of doc. The voices of the locals and experts all came across good and strong and I really liked the play of what residents saw and experienced and knew with what university and professional-type researchers had to say. Just what I'd want from environmentalist media in general.
Reeler post also has something to say about why Indy, why Connecticut. Tax breaks, of course!
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