Slog - Comments on Hilary Swank Is Homely, White People Are Awesome, and Other Ideas from Lindy West http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west There's been a lot of giddy talk at the office lately about freelance film reviewer Lindy West. People in the office think she's a great find. (Lindy, we've never met, but you're doing nice work, man.) West's incorrigible sense of humor fits perfectly with (fellow freelance reviewer) Andrew Wright's guy-movie common sense and Stranger film editor Annie Wagner's film-studies geometry. Yesterday, however, standing by the fax machine, Charles Mudede (also a contributor to the film section) was fretting, telling Wagner he couldn't follow West's ideas. Charles, I direct you to West's latest write up in today's Stranger, where she reviews... Copyright 2008 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:15:40 -0800 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:17:28 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jude Fawley Not to detract from this praise, but I am just curious what happened to the little old lady who wrote movie reviews way back when? I really liked her reviews.

]]> Jude Fawley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582334 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582334 Conflict of Interest Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:37:53 -0800 Comment by Ed Her writing is funny to white people who think they are hip and with it. Kinda like the staff at the Stranger. Otherwise no groundbreaking literature here. Nope, pretty dull and limited of wit.

]]> Ed http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582343 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582343 Conflict of Interest Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:22:28 -0800 Comment by The CHZA Teehee! She writes the way sarcastic hipster people talk!

]]> The CHZA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582411 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582411 Conflict of Interest Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:44:01 -0800 Comment by David Sucher Oh to be young again and so cool.

]]> David Sucher http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582446 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582446 Conflict of Interest Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:22:15 -0800 Comment by Bacon Cheese Egg Hey, that's not what churl means!

]]> Bacon Cheese Egg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582447 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582447 Conflict of Interest Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:26:17 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew I love Lindy West's reviews; they always make me laugh. The kid's got moxie!

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582456 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582456 Conflict of Interest Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:19:47 -0800 Comment by SeMe I dont know guys, Im no hipster. I dont even know what it means, except something underemployed white people call themselves. I use to think it was gothic old people who couldnt handle their liquor and tried to look like Lou Reed. I am mos def not white, and I am no longer concerned with being cool, but I really, really like this reviewer's writing, I think she is original, funny and witty. And Ive seen that dude Feit at hearings and no offense, but he certainly does not look young and cool. Whatever cool means.

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582458 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582458 Conflict of Interest Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:26:20 -0800 Comment by Sean Where did Lindy West come from? How is it that you haven't met her yet?

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582461 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582461 Conflict of Interest Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:39:06 -0800 Comment by Matt from Denver Hilary Swank is homely? Jeez, I thought we were supposed to be upset about Hollywood beauty standards... guess not.

]]> Matt from Denver http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582463 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582463 Conflict of Interest Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:45:48 -0800 Comment by frederick r Lindy is a fool's name!

]]> frederick r http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582464 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582464 Conflict of Interest Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:49:01 -0800 Comment by mean
#9, word up. Hilary Swank was probably miscast, but she's not homely. She's just not glamorous. And she could kick all of our asses, so I'm just backing away now...

It's weird that she can be such a good actress and such a terrible actress sometimes.

]]> mean http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582485 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582485 Conflict of Interest Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:48:06 -0800 Comment by Mark Mitchell Josh is young and cool, in a grizzled Jewish newsguy kind of way...

]]> Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582488 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582488 Conflict of Interest Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:52:47 -0800 Comment by mattymatt This is precisely why The Stranger needs to have author-specific RSS feeds.

]]> mattymatt http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582495 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582495 Conflict of Interest Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:01:40 -0800 Comment by Lindy West Josh: Thanks!

Charles: Sorry!

Hilary Swank: UGGO!!!

]]> Lindy West http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582496 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582496 Conflict of Interest Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:03:59 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi I admire any writer who can perplex Charles Mudede.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582539 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582539 Conflict of Interest Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:01:45 -0800 Comment by Beachhead Hilary Swank: Double UGGO!!!

And there's nobody doing it better at the Stranger than Lindy. Her reviews are one of the first things I go to in the paper.

]]> Beachhead http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582603 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582603 Conflict of Interest Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:03:45 -0800 Comment by Grant Cogswell As a writer who cares something about that notion, I almost puked when I saw the movie title on a billboard. (And I am not under the mistaken impression that screenwriting is writing.) That is really the worst movie title of ALL TIME. Look, I'm a freedom writer!

But shit - are MY teeth too big?

]]> Grant Cogswell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582711 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c582711 Conflict of Interest Thu, 04 Jan 2007 14:16:14 -0800 Comment by u silly kids a smarter review, from a real newspaper (from a real city):

http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/movies/197803,WKP-News-freedom05.article

]]> u silly kids http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c583886 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/who_is_lindy_west#c583886 Conflict of Interest Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:17:28 -0800