Comments on: The Pleasures of Reading Scathing Reviews

By: Jason Mittell

Jason Mittell — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:14:33 +0000

I'm also a fan of snarky mockery of bad things. If you haven't yet, you'll enjoy browsing Nathin Rabin's My Year of Flops on the A.V. Club. Many are great, although his take on Sgt. Pepper is priceless. And focusing on another genre, the recently ended wonderful blog Fire Joe Morgan is written by a trio of comedy writers (including the guy who plays Dwight's cousin on The Office!) sarcastically mocking bad sports journalism. This post is one of the most brutally funny things I've ever read. And once you've read it, you'll be able to make a select cult of people breakdown in hysterics by uttering the phrase "superbike racing."

By: Jonathan Gray

Jonathan Gray — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:43:33 +0000

Thanks for the link. Pure “scathe” is nice. And, for the record, I quoted TWOP’s comments on Married by America, Are You Hot?, and Sex and the City in my anti-fan piece, and the IMDb review of Batman and Robin in my upcoming Show Sold Separately, again largely because I found them funny

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:54:55 +0000

Even though I disagreed with him, I loved Armond White's scathing review of Speed Racer. It's one of the angriest, most strident reviews I've ever seen. And it's hilarious. In fact, it was so funny, I even managed to find a lame excuse to cite it in my book.