1. I have some thoughts on that onanistic New Yorker review of The Incredibles 2, which makes more sense if you realize that Anthony Lane is a throwback to early days of the magazine.
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3. Dorothy Parker's review of Winnie the Pooh, in her voice as the Constant Reader is classic example: "And it is that word 'hummy,' my darlings, that marks the first place in The House At Pooh Corner at which Tonstant Weader Fwowed up."
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4. It was later in the magazines history that it moved beyond quipsters & hired actual critics who responded to works of art as art, not as opportunity for a zinger: Wilson, Rosenberg, Kael.
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5. Anthony Lane is a real anachronism is that he practise 1920s style criticism where the main goal is the well turned put down. He often sounds like he's wear spats & a monocle while turning his phrases.
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6. All of which is to say that Lane's review wasn't necessarily that of a dirty old man self-pleasuring watching a kid's cartoon but maybe a misfired joke: https://newrepublic.com/minutes/149209/new-yorker-offers-sex-drenched-incredibles-2-review …
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His Patterson-Clinton review was kinda fun tho.
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It helps if the value of the item under review is entirely dependent on the amount of snark it can generate.
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Benchley's review of Jurgen is a fine piece of criticism, though. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15851/15851-h/15851-h.htm#toc_73 …
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