Look, we’re sure the editors of Paste magazine are nice enough people–that they always cut up their soda six-pack rings so that no turtles get strangled, and that they never fart while riding public transportation. And we feel bad that they clearly booked this For Your Consideration cover way before seeing the movie, not realizing that it’s one of the most vile, mean-spirited, sub-funny efforts of Christopher Guest’s ever-diminishing career. But fer Pete’s sake, do magazine headlines get any worse than this?
UPDATE: The Decemberists line was the fake, but because we moronically misspelled “humanitarian”–maybe we were thinking of small bowl filled with water and people?–the Yusuf line got the most votes. So we win the poll, but lose the spelling bee.
“Vile”? Seriously? No Guffman, sure, but…vile?
I’m sure there are every other places on the Internet to rant about this, but I hated that movie with every fiber of my being. Among its crimes:
…oh, I just can’t even start.
The headline is written in the same fashion that the article is written, unfortunately. It is supposed to be tongue-in-cheek hyperbole as Mr. Guest is evidently a difficult interview. The whole article is annoying and doesn’t leave the reader with much at the end.
Oh, bad interview. Well, that I can believe. What else is new?
An aside: I’ve listened to almost all of the commentaries on the Simpsons DVDs over the years, and I swear to Jeebus, the only Simpsons guest star the producers/writers/Groening have said anything negative about – I mean anything - was Christopher Guest. Which is even more notable when you consider that Guest is Harry Shearer’s friend, and Shearer does voices on The Simpsons. (Of course, Shearer is famous for his own extreme prickliness, so maybe the writers hate him, too.)
I’ve derived extreme pleasure from Guest’s movies over the years (less so recently), but man does he sound like a first-class prick. I won’t make any counterarguments to Brian on FYC‘s behalf.
I went for the Yusuf one, because although the folks at Paste may write awful headlines, I’m pretty sure they know how to spell “humanitarian.”
Also, the Colin Meloy article should’ve been called “Decemberists Will be Magic Again.”
wait, there is a movie called “for your consideration?” I think I have been seeing ads and thinking it was a plea to consider actors for Oscars for some movie that was out months ago.
Anyway, I haven’t seen this apparent new movie, but he has certainly been mining his formula for ever-diminishing returns since “Spinal Tap.”
Ah, crap. The misspelling was all Idolator’s fault. Sorry.
“Humanitarium” sounds like a newly-discovered radioactive isotope.
A delicious radioactive isotope.