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Is PRECIOUS hitting some sort of press snub during early Award season? http://is.gd/4vGSo I think Feinberg's got the important answer here. 10/22/2009 |
Oscar Update: 'Precious' Backlash, 'An Education' Looms Large and New Predictions
RopeofSilicon.com —
... O'Neil asked for Oscar bloggers to send him their opinions on the issue late yesterday and as I started to type up my reply to be included in his piece, it became the commentary you see above and I decided to save it for my own post. Too bad, not one of the seven folks that ...
The Oprah Effect on Precious
Awards Daily —
... Anyway, please click on over to The Envelope to read what others have to say — people like Steve Pond, Jeff Wells, Gregory Ellwood, etc. ...
Topics/Questions/Exercises Of The Week—23 October 2009
The Auteurs Notebook —
... Tom O'Neil is perturbed that Precious (Full title: Precious Based On The Novel "The Charterhouse Of Parma" By Stendhal, oh sorry, Precious Based On The Novel "Push" By Sapphire) didn't get nominated for a Gotham award this year. And he knows who's to blame: "is this just one of those ridiculous, irrelevant side shows we should all just ignore because it's a fluke — a case of huffy film critics acting stubbornly against a popular trend when permitted to decide the nominees of an awards group?" ...
Lee Daniels Said He "Kinda" Co-Directed 'Monster's Ball' In Gigantic NYTimes piece
:: The Playlist :: —
... People keep talking about the "Precious" backlash, but is it a backlash if you genuinely never enjoyed the picture in the first place (and three Playlist writers have seen it and generally feel the same way)? It's not that it's overrated, it's just a decent picture with great performances that are constantly emotionally and narratively undermined by its helmer. ...
Oprah Reason Behind Precious Snub??
Oh No They Didn't! —
... film at all because of its shocking violence, vulgar language, and upsetting scenarios. The thing that attracted Oprah, Tyler Perry, and others to the film is the message that the film leaves you with: that no person is bound by their circumstances and every person has the power within themselves to rise above them. That's a message that nearly voter would embrace... the problem, I suspect, is that they may not ever get far enough into the film to hear it. source ...
Where the Wild Things Are, or How I rant on ranting
A Blog Next Door —
... rule (I was flabbergasted the other day when I friend told me he had seen this film called 'Precious' and he thought it was really good. Yep, he caught it at the New York Film Featival and loved it and knew NOTHING about it beforehand. Crazy, I thought to myself, but it also showed the type of audience reaction that probably greeted the film at Sundance before Oprah and Tyler Perry and everyone in the blogosphere started telling us how great a movie this was - and before the backlash that may or may not be now pervading the film recently given the ...
More Arrests In Lindsay Burglary; Cross Snorted Coke In Front Of Obama [Dirt Bag]
Jezebel —
... ] Is there a backlash against Precious ? And is Oprah to blame? [ LA Times ] Vanessa Redgrave is doing a one-night-only performance of The Year Of Magical Thinking which is based loosely on the Joan Didion memoir and about dealing with unexpected death mere months after Redgrave's daughter Natasha Richardson died. [ ...
Are Precious''Oscar Hopes Doomed or Are Pundits Just Crazy?
Gawker: defamer —
... Well, now there's a backlash against the backlash. On O'Neil's own blog, his survey of pundits said phooey to any backlash talk. While over at thehotblog, sagacious industry watcher David Poland sputtered in disbelief at such early chatter. He writes: ...
Are Precious' Oscar Hopes Doomed or Are Pundits Just Crazy? [Trophy Trot]
Gawker —
... director Lee Daniels, coupled with the star Mo'Nique's seeming unwillingness to properly schmooze the press, were beginning to coalesce into storm clouds suggesting an ill-starred campaign ahead. Well, now there's a backlash against the backlash. On O'Neil's own blog, his survey of pundits said phooey to any backlash talk. While over at thehotblog, sagacious industry watcher David Poland sputtered in disbelief at such early chatter. He writes: It is the profound arrogance of the entertainment media to delude ourselves that we, not the real movie goers or even the privileged ...
Are Precious' Oscar Hopes Doomed or Are Pundits Just Crazy?
Gawker: defamer —
... Well, now there's a backlash against the backlash. On O'Neil's own blog, his survey of pundits said phooey to any backlash talk. While over at thehotblog, sagacious industry watcher David Poland sputtered in disbelief at such early chatter. He writes: ...
Are Precious' 'Oscar Hopes Doomed or Are Pundits Just Crazy? [Trophy Trot]
Gawker —
... Well, now there's a backlash against the backlash. On O'Neil's own blog, his survey of pundits said phooey to any backlash talk. While over at thehotblog, sagacious industry watcher David Poland sputtered in disbelief at such early chatter. He writes: ...
Are Precious' Oscar Hopes Doomed or Are Pundits Just Crazy? [Trophy Trot]
Gawker —
... Well, now there's a backlash against the backlash. On O'Neil's own blog, his survey of pundits said phooey to any backlash talk. While over at thehotblog, sagacious industry watcher David Poland sputtered in disbelief at such early chatter. He writes: ...
Are Precious' 'Oscar Hopes Doomed or Are Pundits Just Crazy? [Trophy Trot]
Gawker —
... director Lee Daniels, coupled with the star Mo'Nique's seeming unwillingness properly schmooze the press, were beginning to coalesce into storm clouds suggesting an ill-starred campaign ahead. Well, now there's a backlash against the backlash. On O'Neil's own blog, his survey of pundits said phooey to any backlash talk. While over at thehotblog, sagacious industry watcher David Poland sputtered in disbelief at such early chatter. He writes: It is the profound arrogance of the entertainment media to delude ourselves that we, not the real movie goers or even the privileged ...
