“Tracy actually is a high-school senior, at the Dalton School, and has perfect skin, perfect wisdom, perfect sex, and no visible family.” —Joan Didion reviewing Manhattan in @nybooks
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oh man, bless you for this, gonna read it pronto http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1979/08/16/letter-from-manhattan/ …
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Damn. I would love to read that review but it's behind a paywall.
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That review is just another bilious case of Kael liking the early, funny ones, whether his, Scorsese's, or Godard's; what's discerning is the line at the end about Manhattan; she doesn't talk at all about the ugly sexual undercurrents in Stardust Memories.
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Didion's take holds up http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1979/08/16/letter-from-manhattan/ …
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Especially pertinent from the Kael review is this snippetpic.twitter.com/OvhyTXauDY
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I hope the parentheses in this snippet are made of asbestospic.twitter.com/9fkRXeGGfI
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