Gelf Magazine examines the “best worst blurbs” of 2008, where a movie ad blurb totally mangles the reviewer’s intent.
The best: “Heather Newgen, Comingsoon.net: ‘The first great romantic comedy of the year.”
Gelf’s take: We were unable to find Newgen’s review of the film online…’”
Slashing arts coverage even in NYC? It seems to be happening. Love the quote at the end from the Columbia J-School prof:
…On the international market, the only thing the U.S. is exporting in large measure is culture — that’s our primary export product — so coverage of it should be expanding, not shrinking, right?”
Our criticism shouldn’t be valued more when the cultural goods that do get exported are horrible anyway.
It’s true I haven’t seen Babe: Pig In the City, but its addition to AV Club writer Scott Tobias’ otherwise sound list is interesting. I think he’s more intrigued by the fact that the guy who did the Mad Max movies would take this on. Maybe instead of recognizing what are cult classics, Tobias is actually forming the canon.
