Word: dismissals
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...recent pieces; his United States of Leland review is a good start). And yes, film criticism of the Cahiers du Cinema variety can be as much an art form as filmmaking itself, and to rise to such prominence by diminishing it seems terribly unjust. But to dismiss the significance of Ebert with a derisive snort is to lose sight of the real battle. Film should essentially be created for the mutual appreciation of artist and audience alike, not solely for the benefit of its creator. When the dialogue on film is held behind closed doors in a college classroom...
...campus as arguably liberal as Harvard’s, it’s easy to dismiss claims of homophobia or heterosexism as outmoded or inane. After all, a quick glance at the Gaypril calendar shows bisexual/gay/lesbian/transgender (BGLT) lawyers lecturing on marriage rights, training by AIDS activists, a massive dance, the Day of Silence, a sex toy party and a film screening on transgender bathroom access—hardly the furtive plottings of an oppressed minority. But homophobia is still a massive problem on both sides of Johnston Gate, and this is precisely why yesterday’s anti-homophobia speak...
Admittedly, the Women’s Wear Daily ranking seems a little absurd. But to dismiss the article as petty journalism is to miss the point: There exists some correlation between attitude and fashion, however vague and unimportant, and these attitudes are just as outdated as the fashions...
...clear that he thinks of himself as an intelligent sophisticate living the life of his dreams, with no remorse. It is because he is so capable of love—of women, art and food, life’s finer pleasures—that we can’t dismiss him, something Cavani plays up. It is this contrast that made Hannibal Lecter so scary in The Silence of the Lambs and so empty in Hannibal: his pleasure and thus the audience’s pleasure in his pleasure was lost in the transition from surprising lust to tedious psychosis...
...shouldn't dismiss the new blues cover albums by Eric Clapton and Aerosmith simply because both acts are richer, whiter and scarier to look at than Dick Cheney. Clapton's blues credentials are impeccable. He first played with Sonny Boy Williamson in 1963, and his worship of Delta legends Buddy Guy and B.B. King has been acknowledged over the years by both in their use of him as a producer and collaborator. The spandexed sybarites in Aerosmith have never been much for tradition, which makes their blues obsession more subversive and dynamic. On the surface they churn out big, dumb...