Wild Wild Wes

I've always found things to appreciate and admire in Wes Anderson's movies - much less so in Darjeeling Limited, which I discuss in the context of its racial politics, here.

In their reviews, A.O. Scott of the Times, David Edelstein of NY and Dana Stevens at Slate all zero in on the crucial 'brothers-in-the-canal/rural-funeral' sequence as particularly problematic ('an aesthetic opportunity', 'exploitive', and 'morally yucky', in their words). Glad I'm not the only person who saw it that way.

Not that I have any illusions. In 30 years, Anderson will be accepting lifetime achievement awards, and I will be nothing but a footnote on his Wikipedia page.

Kill all yr darlings

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This is a piece I wrote about the Kanye v. 50 sales-athon. My money's really on Animal Collective, though.