The irony when you lay off a lot of people? Your product will start to suck, New York Observer.
Even with the keen, Defamer approved critical insight of Rex Reed.
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-John Lichman
After the news broke this morning that The New York Observer would rather fire all of its’ decent staff than produce a worthwhile newspaper, many on the Tweet-O-Sphere commented that Rex Reed wasn’t fired. This is despite the fact that Reed is old, cankerous and horribly racist to the point of parody.
But who IS Rex Reed?
Well, gather around you unlucky few who clicked the link and I’ll tell you!
He’s a cankerous old man now that used to be a saucy bit of Sixties Swinger in an argyle suit. Bam. End of story. But he’s notable enough for his roles in Superman, Inchon! and famously as pre-op Myron in Myra Breckinridge. The irony of the character “teaching” film history shouldn’t be lost on anyone. Nor should you deny yourself the chance to see this film. But he also had a catty style that was perfect for “the old days.”
He’s also a long-standing film and arts critic who could be found at Vogue, GQ, Holiday, New York Daily News, New York Post, New York Observer and on the syndicated TV show, At The Movies. Reed, despite his penchant for facepalming statements, has been around long enough to matter. Unfortunately, he’s never really matured or grown past being saucy. Now it’s turned into being bitchy and whiny more than anything.
Reed infamously started his review of Park Chan-wook’s OldBoy with:
For sewage in a cocktail shaker, there is Oldboy, a noxious helping of Korean Grand Guignol as pointless as it is shocking. What else can you expect from a nation weaned on kimchi, a mixture of raw garlic and cabbage buried underground until it rots, dug up from the grave and then served in earthenware pots sold at the Seoul airport as souvenirs?
Shockingly, the Observer does not have this review on their website. Filmbrain has done his part in tweeting #RexReed into my morning reading list.
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