The Inky: It’s Not Just A Job, It’s A Prevailing Sense That Rules Don’t Apply To You
Bet you thought this was a post about about Brian Tierney, didn’t you? Nope! Well, it is in that it shows the trickle-down of the Tierney age: Contributors who’ve apparently learned from the old master that it’s not what you say, but the bullshit that is hiding behind what you say. Take Inky film critic Carrie Rickey, who’s in hot water because she failed to mention in her review of the Barnes doc The Art Of The Steal that her husband is Paul Levy, the director of the Philadelphia Center City District, who lobbied heavily to put the Barnes in Philly in the first place. Oh, come on, lady. Jesus. In related news, John Yoo just gave a chat on Philly.com about how awesome John Yoo is, only to exit stage left when Jeffrey Billman from City Paper started asking him questions about how not awesome John Yoo is.
UPDATE: Since Gawker first posted the item linked to above — with reference to a possible conflict of interest for Inky film critic Carrie Rickey — there’s been a back-and-forth wherein Rickey puts forth the ways in which there wasn’t a conflict of interest. Gawker has since half-retracted (or something like that), and we’re honor bound to do the same, or better: There is no evidence available to us to suggest that Center CIty District actively lobbied to move the Barnes into downtown Philly, and we regret the error we foolishly reprinted. But there is, perhaps, a little more to this; clearly, the likes of the CCD would benefit from the Barnes move — or would it? Bearing that in mind, we’ve also been in contact with both Rickey and Levy, and are presently preparing a post to get their direct takes on the matter. It’ll be up soon.
March 1st, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Without seeing what is said above, in reading her review, it’s obvious that she has an opinion about the situation that greatly overshadowed her opinion of the movie itself. It’s so blatant in the way the review is written, it really can’t even be taken seriously. The Friends of The Barnes can’t be beleived due to their subjectivity on the matter? Really? What about all of the conversations she probably had with her husband at the dinner table about the exact same subject?
Regardless, I thought the film was done very, very well. I can’t remember the last time I finished watching a movie and felt equally entertained and infuriated at the same time.
March 1st, 2010 at 5:30 pm
I thought Rickey’s review was a little too nice to the Barniacs. But anyway, it does bring me joy to see the Barnes maniacs and the Inquirer at war. I hope it escalates until they destroy one another. Philly will be much better without either group.
March 2nd, 2010 at 9:25 am
Thanks for linking to the John Yoo “live-chat.” His response that his civilian massacre statement got taken out of context was once again proven not be taken out of context.