Me and Orson Welles Review: The New Yorker, David Denby

[ehs_wildcats]

The lips are wrong. Well, at any rate, they’re different: thin and pursed rather than fleshy and cherubic. But Christian McKay, the thirty-six-year-old British actor who plays the young Orson Welles in “Me and Orson Welles,” has the necessary stature and the vaunting authority for the job. McKay has an easy way with a cigar, too, and a small, sly

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Re: zac's lashes are super pretty

[ehs_wildcats]

tool.

i think my favorite things was my jam growing up. ngl.

[glamour_addict]

LA Times Sunday:

[ehs_wildcats]

ugh i still hate that they photoshopped his head on his body. lame.

[glamour_addict]

I know; bugs me a lot. I'd buy a a poster if it weren't for that.

[ehs_wildcats]

especially since i think they could have used this shot:

[butterflybee260]

I feel like the illustrations look like Claire and Christian in a weird way, but not Zef's one. lol though I appreciate the super long eyelashes.

[glamour_addict]

did they just call him jewish?

[audrey_za]

Jewish hoofer, no less.

[modernthirst]

he is jewish...

[glamour_addict]

in his family. but hes not practicing. Its a huge thing to assume about someone, presumably based on his surname.

[modernthirst]

Ooooooh Denby! I try not to get all influenced by the big wig critics but I've always just been so starstruck by him and Anthony Lane. They're so...distinguished, and though I often disagree with Denby, I find that even if he's being ridiculously mean, he is always thoughtful. Very nice to see that that was what he had to say about Z, especially because it's essentially all about his potential.

[ehs_wildcats]

Do you think this would be a good review to post to ontd? Like would they lIke it like they love ebert?

[modernthirst]

Probably not - it'd probably be 1/2 NEW YORKER IS FOR PRETENTIOUS FUCKS (which, no, fuck your anti-intellectualism) and 1/2 a mixed bag. IDK maybe include it in a bigger post?