tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post114555778013803386..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: NYT spins Julia review?Playgoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1145578019782641042006-04-20T20:06:00.000-04:002006-04-20T20:06:00.000-04:00And creepy. Worse, it's the kind of rabbit-in-the-...And creepy. Worse, it's the kind of rabbit-in-the-headlights celebrity worship that gives theatre-goers everywhere a bad name.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://jameswolcott.com/archives/2006/04/the_theatah_the.php" REL="nofollow">James Wolcott</A> is particularly hilarious on this: "What is it about Julia Roberts that reduces grown men to such goops? The reviews for her impersonation of an upright ironing board in Three Days of Rain acknowledge that even as a stationary object she might have tried putting a little more oomph into it. But the same reviewers use the occasion of her Broadway debut to pay slave tribute to her plebian-royal majesty, swooning as if no pair of goggles devised by science is strong enough to shield the eyes from the solar radiance of her beauty whenever she parts those lush lips and gives us one of her heehaw grins."Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1145569003382170762006-04-20T17:36:00.000-04:002006-04-20T17:36:00.000-04:00Brantley's Juliaphilia, as shamelessly exhibited i...Brantley's Juliaphilia, as shamelessly exhibited in that review, isn't just embarrassing, it's downright gross.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com