Slog - Comments on Letter to the Editor from a Self-Appointed Representative of "the Literary Field" Regarding Annie Wagner's Review of Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Comment by max solomon

max solomon — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:39:52 -0800

movie critiques are taken seriously in the literary field?

isn't the cinema field what counts?

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:41:30 -0800

Whoa, spell check.

Comment by Carollani

Carollani — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:53:26 -0800

After that review of the review I had to go read the review. I thought the line with "cunt" in it was fantastically sharp, but then again I enjoy a cunt now and again... unlike the outraged "literary connoisseur" who doesn't know how to spell.

Comment by David! Schmader!

David! Schmader! — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:54:18 -0800

He sure does use a lot of exclamation points for someone with literary concerns!

Comment by DaiBando

DaiBando — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:54:30 -0800

Take that, Annie!

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:54:46 -0800

Well, I don't see what purpose there was to that cunt either. Mark Twain? What?

Comment by mattymatt

mattymatt — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:57:34 -0800

"What did her gown have to do with anything" is, I think, the entire point of Annie's excellent review. If her paragraph was a reading comprehension test, Charles W's essay would get a "see me."

Comment by jhell

jhell — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:58:42 -0800

"unarticulate?" That's not a misspelling, I fear. Ugh.

Comment by Hernandez

Hernandez — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:03:28 -0800

If The Stranger was devoting its energy and focus toward being "taken seriously in the literary field," I wouldn't read it.

Comment by RHETT ORACLE

RHETT ORACLE — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:05:34 -0800

R.I.P. Pauline Kael who - during her long, illustrious career at The New Yorker - was never vocabularily-challenged enough to use the word "cunt" or "buttfucking" to make her critical cinematic point.

Cate Blanch-ed, then shouted: "We command the Wagnerian wench be drawn, quartered and depenned."

Comment by zombiesmmm

zombiesmmm — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:06:27 -0800

i was unaware that an alternative weekly might be concerned about its reception in "the literary field." run-on sentences, verb agreement, improper or missing comma usage, missing apostrophes, excessive punctuation et al are all problems contained within Charles' diatribe.

nice job Chuck.

Comment by Just Me

Just Me — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:09:42 -0800

The Stranger taken seriously?? HA HA HA HA ROTFLMAO!!!!! LOL! LOL!!!

That is rich.

Comment by Fred - movie freak

Fred - movie freak — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:11:56 -0800

getting the word cunt into every other page is all that is left at the Strander

shit, cock and fuck are very commonplace

not forgetting douche bag and sack of shit

loved the movie, all fun and costumes, and one of history's great women - The Queen

like most movie goes, we give a fucking smelly cunt about tin horn shit reviews

Comment by Mike Hunt

Mike Hunt — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:21:51 -0800

whats wrong with me?

i'm tasty and fresh!

and delightfully anglo-saxon!