Talk:Rex Reed

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[edit] Village Voice article was a parody

In the article that lists his reviews of four movies, insulting the originating countries' cuisine, only the first item (from the Oldboy review), was real - the rest were parodies. Google searches on phrases from the other three reviews return no meaningful hits, and this Gawker post confirms it. Korny O'Near 19:09, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Miami Vice controversy

Is this even a controversy, or better yet: is it even notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia? So a guy got his feet stuck: who cares? I've done that, too. Besides, a blogger isn't exactly a recommended source. I've removed this information per this edit but invite others to discuss otherwise if they feel that the info should be included. --Bossi (talk • gallery • contrib) 18:48, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Oldboy Review

As an editor with strong interest in Korea, I found Reed's review of Oldboy to be racist and ignorant both of Korean culture and cinema, and of American culture and cinema. (I do plan to put it into the Oldboy article as good example of ignorant film-reviewing.) However, I question whether the review warrants an entire section in his biography. If the editors of this article feel it does, HERE is an article that puts his review (and its cultural ignorance) into some perspective. Regards. Dekkappai (talk) 03:14, 2 January 2008 (UTC)