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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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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I like Dorothy Parker but if it’s her or Pooh then there’s no question.
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What on earth does that mean?
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Dorothy Parker is great though. She's actually funny.
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