Argh! He did it again.
In his review of Le Petit Lili, published today, Roger Ebert once again avails one of the more tired clichés in the critic's bag o' phrases:
In other news, the White House is trying to get some mileage out of the revelation that the junk-yard armor question posed by Army Spc. Thomas Wilson was prearranged with a reporter from the Chattanooga Times Free-Press. It doesn't seem to be sticking much, but it's too early yet to make a clear determination. I think Rumsfeld's discomfort spoke for itself. John McCain didn't express his confidence in the Defense Department for reasons that are becoming more evident with each day and every casualty of this war.
In the mean time, damage control continues. As always, in such cases, the President turns to his trusted advisor Karen Hughes for her often blunt assessments unheard among Bush's more dedicated yes-men. Mrs. Hughes doesn't disappoint, as indicated by this off-camera sound clip captured by an open microphone in Austin, Texas:
The third act departs from Chekhov and is original with Miller; it not only makes a nicely ironic point, but, because he takes his time with it, allows for a meditation on the distance between art and life.If you're wondering what the hell I'm talking about, I've called him on this before. One can only guess at why he hasn't heeded my advice, what with the international attention that my previous critique brought unto Ebert and his overuse of some tired maxims. If I may quote Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator, arguably the most overrated movie in recent memory..."I'm vexed! I'm terribly, terribly vexed!"
In other news, the White House is trying to get some mileage out of the revelation that the junk-yard armor question posed by Army Spc. Thomas Wilson was prearranged with a reporter from the Chattanooga Times Free-Press. It doesn't seem to be sticking much, but it's too early yet to make a clear determination. I think Rumsfeld's discomfort spoke for itself. John McCain didn't express his confidence in the Defense Department for reasons that are becoming more evident with each day and every casualty of this war.
In the mean time, damage control continues. As always, in such cases, the President turns to his trusted advisor Karen Hughes for her often blunt assessments unheard among Bush's more dedicated yes-men. Mrs. Hughes doesn't disappoint, as indicated by this off-camera sound clip captured by an open microphone in Austin, Texas:
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