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Bits and pieces from the reporter’s diary that didn’t make it to the main stories.
Off the record
Who said film stars give boring interviews? The things stars tell journalists “off the record” are always the best part of the interview. Like this one star who completely disapproved of a review his film got though the reviewer had singl
ed him out for praise. So our star friend complained during the post-film interview: “Obviously, anyone reading it can look beyond the praise singled out for me when the reviewer trashed the entire film. It’s like saying: You are my friend. So I won’t say anything bad about you. But your baby is ugly.”
Bad press
While at criticism, hardly anyone from the film industry likes to tell us officially what they really think about another’s work. They are more than willing to bitch “off the record”. But ask them to name one movie they liked and on
e movie they didn’t quite appreciate (along with their reasons) for the newspaper column and that’s it. Rest assured, they won’t take your calls or return your messages for the next few days. So when a popular filmmaker known for his candid remarks spoke his mind, he ruffled quite a few feathers within his flock. To quote another super successful filmmaker who finally opened his mouth to criticise the newspaper and the outspoken filmmaker: “It is wrong to do that when the film is still playing in the cinemas. There’s a lot of money riding on these films.” Ah! Surely reviewers must be so irresponsible to think about the audience and the kind of cinema they’ve paid for, when all that matters is that the producers and the stars have to recover obscene amounts of money just because well, just because they spent it.
Spending on disguise
Looks like there’s just one way left to review food and films without earning the wrath of the creators of the subject up for critique: A disguise. One of our writers is perennially scared of having her photograph made public that any time anyone uploads a picture of hers on Facebook, she freaks: “Now, they’re going to spit into my food the next time I’m out to review the place. The chefs will know what I look like.” Another popular film critic was spotted shopping for bucket hats in Bangkok.
Ahem! Ahem! Criticism is getting as exciting as espionage.
Oh, boy!
When five male musicians, who constitute a rock band, were asked if theirs was a ‘boy band’, they were scandalised. “Boss, we all have our girlfriends!” The reporter had to tell them that he just wanted to know if they were an
all-men band.
(Contributed by Sudhish Kamath and Prince Frederick)
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