Comments on: Denby Reviews Bridesmaids! http://urbanhonking.com/isawthat/2011/05/19/denby-reviews-bridesmaids/ Sun, 09 Feb 2014 13:56:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Yours Truly http://urbanhonking.com/isawthat/2011/05/19/denby-reviews-bridesmaids/#comment-45 Fri, 20 May 2011 17:14:41 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/isawthat/?p=144#comment-45 I know! I almost talked about Kael but then I didn’t. It’s true that her existence somewhat hamstrings my vitriol, but I still stand by most of it in principle. Kael rules. Perhaps this falls under the “Alien” rubric of “shit being weirdly better for women 20 years ago than it is today.” Because how you could ever put somebody like Anthony Lane in Kael’s position is pretty much beyond me, although he does have a certain flair.

p.s. “the also-boobed” made me laugh

]]> By: Jonah http://urbanhonking.com/isawthat/2011/05/19/denby-reviews-bridesmaids/#comment-44 Fri, 20 May 2011 15:59:47 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/isawthat/?p=144#comment-44 Hate to break it to you, but Pauline Kael – who, in addition to having boobs, might be the most famous film critic ever – was on the New Yorker’s staff for 23 years, alternating for some of that period with the also-boobed Penelope Gilliatt.

]]> By: Ethan Stanislawski http://urbanhonking.com/isawthat/2011/05/19/denby-reviews-bridesmaids/#comment-43 Fri, 20 May 2011 15:44:16 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/isawthat/?p=144#comment-43 My favorite Denby faux feminist moment was when he wrote a rather great, perahpse definitive critique of the bromance genre, and then two weeks later followed up with a glowing review of Superbad (to be fair, I agreed with both pieces).

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