Malicious reviews are a branch of satire, the genre of art that uses mockery to educate and elucidate. Some malicious reviews -- Twain on Fenimore Cooper, Macdonald on Cozzens, Kael on Sound of Music -- have been delightful and stand as works of art. https://twitter.com/Terri_White/status/1317811595934879744 …
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Replying to @HeerJeet
The difference between Twain and Macdonald in their respective reviews is that Macdonald made serious points backed up by evidence. Twain was just taking potshots for the sake of taking potshots. And Kael has much better reviews than the Sound of Music one.
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Replying to @Vetarnias @HeerJeet
Then there's Renata Adler on Kael herself, of course.
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Replying to @Vetarnias @HeerJeet
Adler was SO right! I just re-read Kael's review of Goodfellas. It hasn't aged at all well.
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Replying to @nhmeems @Vetarnias
Kael was more dismissive of Goodfellas than she should have been but she did catch it's energy and momentum, it's "lift"
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Replying to @HeerJeet @Vetarnias
Yes the opening of the piece is good, and I love the title. But she totally misses the point because, as so often (I'd argue), she's watching herself write instead of really watching what she's writing about. Which I think is the worst thing a critic can do.
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Kael is an interesting test case for me because I often disagree with her judgements (I mean she disliked every Kubrick movie after Strangelove) but her powers of observation were strong even when she was wrong.
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