Posted
10:20 AM
by Gene
A Seattle ad-blurbist goes to reverent pieces beholding -- GOD.Alas, GOD's CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED film has
not been heavenly at the B. O. We must say it again: the term "CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED" has become a kiss of death. The reader sees a prancing buffoon like
Effete Edelstein rummaging a dictionary for the most preposterous adjectives, calling up every last fragment of his film-theory training, and looking for any excuse to ingratiate himself with the people who have made his job possible, stifling the notion that he sifts through mountains of dross in the process out of sheer self-preservation. In short, the ad-blurbist is an ill-educated snob and phony who forever excuses dreck, and the sad fate of
EINSTEIN and other such CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED masterpieces says the public may not be as credulous as it used to be.