tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post2207737781590499098..comments2023-11-02T14:03:21.567+00:00Comments on Chip Dale's Diary: Heard the one about the critic who just wasn't bothered any more?Big Chip Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585365213244296058noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-56953483240634197132007-08-21T22:20:00.000+00:002007-08-21T22:20:00.000+00:00i think the thing that's really annoying about suc...i think the thing that's really annoying about such puke is the tone of smug, self-satisfied condescension. When you Google these critics it usually turns out they're utter non-entities, yet they feel entitled to implicitly exalt themselves over real artists. <BR/><BR/>It's one thing for TS Eliot to talk shit about Milton & Hamlet, it's another when the shit-talker is a mediocrity; and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-90024076686701780542007-08-21T08:05:00.000+00:002007-08-21T08:05:00.000+00:00My kids used to have the video of "Robin Hood: Men...My kids used to have the video of "Robin Hood: Men in Tights." We liked it. Even I liked it, especially the "Robin of Locksley/Marian Bagel" joke: you know, bagel & lox... sorry. Made me laugh every time. The stupider the better, I say. What we really HATED was that bloody awful desecration of the Robin Hood legend, bloody Kevin Costner's one, which Mel Brooks was spoofing.<BR/><BR/>I'm with you,Ms Baroquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836227454899083962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-52972312576794862792007-08-20T16:19:00.000+00:002007-08-20T16:19:00.000+00:00Nietzsche wrote, "They vomit out bile & call it a ...Nietzsche wrote, "They vomit out bile & call it a newspaper."Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708539533684206357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-30321514807600076692007-08-20T14:30:00.000+00:002007-08-20T14:30:00.000+00:00Of course it is, Sir James. I don't know how I cou...Of course it is, Sir James. I don't know how I could have made such a mistake. I should stop myself from writing about breakfast cereals unless I learn to spell the correctly!Big Chip Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585365213244296058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-10573605231952017072007-08-20T14:15:00.000+00:002007-08-20T14:15:00.000+00:00I may be wrong but isn't it Weetabix, Chip?I may be wrong but isn't it Weetabix, Chip?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com