I clicked on this thread because I am a huge Joe Frazier fan. I laughed out loud when some dufus know it all "academic" tried to discredit this excellent review by saying Joe and Ali had made up years ago. I nearly busted a gut when the guy who made this statement any boxing fan would know is hilarious tried to say the reviewer couldn't be trusted because he doesn't know tabloid trivia about Steve Martin and Anne Heche!
It seems Mr. Forsmark has a stalker, though he probably hasn't noticed. Going back to Bowfinger, The Insider, and asserting a minority opinion about Traffic is bizarre.
Guerrilla says the reviewer must be "disinterested," though all the reviews I saw are from OPINON magazines or sites. Then he illogically turns around and says Forsmark should not include any movies Guerrilla considers liberal or have liberal roots. Wouldn't it be bad if he didn't like them? I'm more rightwing than that guy, and I love the movies you highlight. As for the Hawks and Hitchcock references, they seem to be more specific than you imply out of context. Soderburg did display an amazing versatility in his early career, and if he'd made a western would have almost spanned Hawks's range. The fact that he has spend the last several years sucking isn't relelvant. That was reviewing not fortune telling. Besides, G, you must have LOVED Che.
King of the Hill (the Fox show) is one of my favorites, and it skewers PC regularly, and 7th Heaven was harmless pap, moral, I guess, but not political. Why is it weird to say the show is "meaningfully conservative?" 7th Heaven was neither influencial or as long-running. Thanks for directing me to that column, btw, at least you made me aware of a new writer for me to watch for.
How long have you been stalking this guy? This is a strange rant, but I have to go back to the basics, as I was taught in Basic. You started with the premise that Joe and Ali are buds. So, look in the mirror for "odd observations."
