The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:00:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 David Denby on "Inglourious Basterds" http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/and-thats-when-i-clicked-close-tab-david-denby-on-inglourious-basterds%e2%80%9d http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/and-thats-when-i-clicked-close-tab-david-denby-on-inglourious-basterds%e2%80%9d#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:00:22 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/and-thats-when-i-clicked-close-tab-david-denby-on-inglourious-basterds%e2%80%9d INSENSITIVE!I was page-downing really fast, hitting the space bar as soon as I read maybe 1/3 of a sentence, because I didn't even really care what David Denby unfortunately happened to scrawl in the New Yorker about the new Quentin Tarantino, and then I came across part of two consecutive phrases: "appallingly insensitive-a Louisville Slugger" and then I closed the window, because, what is this, 1998? YOU MEAN THERE IS VIOLENCE IN THIS TARANTINO FILM? Perhaps my criticism is incorrect, however, I shall never know.

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]]> INSENSITIVE!I was page-downing really fast, hitting the space bar as soon as I read maybe 1/3 of a sentence, because I didn't even really care what David Denby unfortunately happened to scrawl in the New Yorker about the new Quentin Tarantino, and then I came across part of two consecutive phrases: "appallingly insensitive-a Louisville Slugger" and then I closed the window, because, what is this, 1998? YOU MEAN THERE IS VIOLENCE IN THIS TARANTINO FILM? Perhaps my criticism is incorrect, however, I shall never know.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/and-thats-when-i-clicked-close-tab-david-denby-on-inglourious-basterds%e2%80%9d/feed 4 "Inglorious Basterds": No One Agrees! http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/inglorious-basterds-no-one-agrees http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/inglorious-basterds-no-one-agrees#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 11:52:46 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/inglorious-basterds-no-one-agrees Pitty, that."Inglourious Basterds clocks in at nearly three hours, and its director could certainly have trimmed more of its flab." OR! "Even at 160 minutes, the film feels rushed."

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]]> Pitty, that."Inglourious Basterds clocks in at nearly three hours, and its director could certainly have trimmed more of its flab." OR! "Even at 160 minutes, the film feels rushed."

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