Debbie Schlussel: Me in Yesterday's Washington Times
Yesterday's Washington Times' "Inside Politics" column had an item about me and RogerEbert.com's attack on my movie reviews (and Ann Coulter). The column quoted my blogpost about this, "Film Critic Roger Ebert Declares War on SCHLUSSEL (& Ann Coulter)."
Here's what The Washington Times said:
Pundits vs. CriticsFirst, it was movie stars like Barbra Streisand and Sean Penn pretending to be political pundits.
Perhaps inspired by this example, political pundits decided to become movie critics. The movie critics apparently didn't appreciate the competition, and so now famous critic Roger Ebert's Web site (www.rogerebert.com) is taking to task two conservative commentators for their taste in films.
In a column by Mr. Ebert's editor, Jim Emerson, visitors to the site are asked to "try to guess which of two venomous, blonde-tressed scribes wrote blurbs about contemporary movies that may or may not have been used in the ad campaigns. Is it Ann Coulter? Or Debbie Schlussel? Or does it matter?" This is followed by excerpts of comments about such movies as "Brokeback Mountain," "Munich," and "Good Night and Good Luck," by Miss Coulter and Miss Schlussel.
At her own Web site (www.debbieschlussel.com), Miss Schlussel responds: "So does this mean Ann and I can now have our own movie review show?"
Posted by Debbie on January 26, 2006 07:35 AM to Debbie Schlussel