10 years of Flick Filosopher: entering the post-9/11 movie zeitgeistAnd then 9/11 happened. I couldn’t write movie reviews for two weeks afterward, but when I came back, it was to demonstrate that irony was not dead, as either The Onion or Time had declared. From my review of Glitter: Thank you, Mariah, for scheduling your breakdown over the summer. If Glitter had been released in August, as originally planned (a plan foiled by your inability to promote the film, seeing as how you were probably filling your days by staring into space), then our Great Nation would have been deprived of the chance to laugh -- and laugh hard -- when we needed it most, in this, our Darkest Hour. • review of Glitter, posted 09.24.01 (Technorati tags: Glitter, Mariah Carey) Disqus commentsblog comments powered by Disqus |
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posted by Jurgan (Thu Jan 11 07, 11:38PM)
Yeah, that's a good review. I didn't start reading your reviews until long after this one, though. At the time, when 9/11 was still fresh, I wonder if anyone thought it was in poor taste to invoke it in a movie review.
posted by MaryAnn (Mon Jan 15 07, 7:08PM)
I don't remember anyone complaining about it. I do remember that this felt like the first time I laughed in weeks.