Comments on: The Triumph of Derrièrism http://newcritics.com/blog1/2008/12/10/the-triumph-of-derrierism/ culture blogging for the good of the planet Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:32:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Robert Johnson http://newcritics.com/blog1/2008/12/10/the-triumph-of-derrierism/#comment-127003 Robert Johnson Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:19:57 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/?p=922#comment-127003 awsome article men awsome article men

]]> By: Cindy P Dennis http://newcritics.com/blog1/2008/12/10/the-triumph-of-derrierism/#comment-126887 Cindy P Dennis Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:27:52 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/?p=922#comment-126887 Excellent, entertaining, useful reading, Thanks !! Excellent, entertaining, useful reading, Thanks !!

]]> By: The Chutry Experiment » Thursday Links http://newcritics.com/blog1/2008/12/10/the-triumph-of-derrierism/#comment-126076 The Chutry Experiment » Thursday Links Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:22:08 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/?p=922#comment-126076 [...] Jon Swift is greeting the news that Andrew Brietbart will be starting a conservative movie blog, Big Hollywood, with his usual degree of panache and wit, suggesting that Brietbart’s blog is yet another reminder of “the triumph of derrièrism,” a critical approach marked by “judging movies by whether your buttocks moves in the seat while watching them.”  Swift’s concept received rave reviews from the folks at Variety after his (satirical) take on the passing of Bergman and Antonioni, and now he finds a number of “practitioners,” including Roger Ebert, who refrained from acknowledging that he’d skipped out on a movie after only eight minutes until the very end of the review. But Swift finds some of the most effective derrièrists in the conservative blogosphere, including Jason Apuzzo, who didn’t even need to see WALL-E to warn against its use of liberal indoctrination. [...] [...] Jon Swift is greeting the news that Andrew Brietbart will be starting a conservative movie blog, Big Hollywood, with his usual degree of panache and wit, suggesting that Brietbart’s blog is yet another reminder of “the triumph of derrièrism,” a critical approach marked by “judging movies by whether your buttocks moves in the seat while watching them.”  Swift’s concept received rave reviews from the folks at Variety after his (satirical) take on the passing of Bergman and Antonioni, and now he finds a number of “practitioners,” including Roger Ebert, who refrained from acknowledging that he’d skipped out on a movie after only eight minutes until the very end of the review. But Swift finds some of the most effective derrièrists in the conservative blogosphere, including Jason Apuzzo, who didn’t even need to see WALL-E to warn against its use of liberal indoctrination. [...]

]]> By: nycweboy http://newcritics.com/blog1/2008/12/10/the-triumph-of-derrierism/#comment-126071 nycweboy Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:35:00 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/?p=922#comment-126071 I believe the genre should be named for Jaques Derriere, Hack Critic of us all. :) I really liked this, both as an observation and for creating a word to convey the hacktastic heights of some film crit. Forgive me for adding Manohla Dargis to the list of offenders, but I find her pretentious musings excruciating, and usually a lot of $2 words to convey taste every bit as bland as Ebert's. I believe the genre should be named for Jaques Derriere, Hack Critic of us all. :) I really liked this, both as an observation and for creating a word to convey the hacktastic heights of some film crit. Forgive me for adding Manohla Dargis to the list of offenders, but I find her pretentious musings excruciating, and usually a lot of $2 words to convey taste every bit as bland as Ebert's.

]]> By: kathleenmaher http://newcritics.com/blog1/2008/12/10/the-triumph-of-derrierism/#comment-126069 kathleenmaher Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:18:40 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/?p=922#comment-126069 Taking a cue from Mr McPherson, I wonder about those of us who really can't sit through a movie without moving a whole lot more of ourselves than a subtle shift from one butt cheek to the other. What about those, who honestly sometimes have very serious minds, yet squirm compulsively through even the stodgiest movies?<br>It always comes back to high school. I was once thrown out of an educational film for compulsive squirming based not on boredom but a certain kind of excitement. Taking a cue from Mr McPherson, I wonder about those of us who really can't sit through a movie without moving a whole lot more of ourselves than a subtle shift from one butt cheek to the other. What about those, who honestly sometimes have very serious minds, yet squirm compulsively through even the stodgiest movies?
It always comes back to high school. I was once thrown out of an educational film for compulsive squirming based not on boredom but a certain kind of excitement.

]]> By: Mark J. McPherson http://newcritics.com/blog1/2008/12/10/the-triumph-of-derrierism/#comment-126068 Mark J. McPherson Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:42:24 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/?p=922#comment-126068 Derrièrism is in the behind of the beholder, isn't it? For some, even the prospect of suffering through the robot-hand-crayoned excesses of "300" causes a reflexive squirming, if not clenching. <br><br>These Derrierists might be kin to the foot-soldiers in O'Reilly's War on Christmas, as these heroic critics have taken up the fallen and tattered flag of the Hollywood Blockbuster which is threatened only by its own puerile putridity. It may not have been ever thus, but it is usually thus.<br><br>It is only fair that having saddled the Derrierists with a certain part of the anatomy, that the Swiftian critics declare for themselves some other part. Would they go for the headshot, or perhaps just the snout? Personally I love me some Tarkovsky but that does not lead me to deny or denounce the simple fact that cinematic art is first and foremost the American Artform and Hollywood's history is studded with exemplars, many of which would pass muster with the Derrierists. It is not something I would expect most foreign filmmakers would contest, although it seems to be hard for some American film critics to digest. Derrièrism is in the behind of the beholder, isn't it? For some, even the prospect of suffering through the robot-hand-crayoned excesses of “300″ causes a reflexive squirming, if not clenching.

These Derrierists might be kin to the foot-soldiers in O'Reilly's War on Christmas, as these heroic critics have taken up the fallen and tattered flag of the Hollywood Blockbuster which is threatened only by its own puerile putridity. It may not have been ever thus, but it is usually thus.

It is only fair that having saddled the Derrierists with a certain part of the anatomy, that the Swiftian critics declare for themselves some other part. Would they go for the headshot, or perhaps just the snout? Personally I love me some Tarkovsky but that does not lead me to deny or denounce the simple fact that cinematic art is first and foremost the American Artform and Hollywood's history is studded with exemplars, many of which would pass muster with the Derrierists. It is not something I would expect most foreign filmmakers would contest, although it seems to be hard for some American film critics to digest.

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