tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post1256959835235354912..comments2024-03-18T05:15:30.666-04:00Comments on Foma*: Snark Attackyellojkthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-83105603630111509922009-02-11T20:14:00.000-05:002009-02-11T20:14:00.000-05:00You, snarky? Say it ain't so . . . Probably my fa...You, snarky? Say it ain't so . . . <BR/><BR/>Probably my favorite Dowd column was about Justice Thomas pulling the ladder up behind him once he got to the top. I just LOVE her snarkiness :Dtrusty gettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12428191762443615975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-44653895005757744562009-02-09T06:43:00.000-05:002009-02-09T06:43:00.000-05:00josh,I wonder if Denby's whole book isn't a hidden...josh,<BR/>I wonder if Denby's whole book isn't a hidden dig at Lane.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-2508298274927930482009-02-08T16:39:00.000-05:002009-02-08T16:39:00.000-05:00"Denby truly is a cranky old man yelling at kids t..."Denby truly is a cranky old man yelling at kids to get off his lawn."<BR/><BR/>Sounds like it - Wonkette is fantastic - they had easily the best election commentary of the year.A Free Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01038930031019179647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-71541923472161442792009-02-08T11:09:00.000-05:002009-02-08T11:09:00.000-05:00Despite feeling somewhat personally wounded on his...Despite feeling somewhat personally wounded on his whole mystifyingly ill-informed anti-Wonkette diatribe, I have to say that I'm a liberal elitist dinosaur New Yorker subscriber, and I honestly enjoy Denby's reviews much more than Anthony Lane's because Lane's are much too snarky. I also really enjoyed Denby's <I>American Sucker,</I> his book about how he lost a bundle in the dot-com boom/bust, not least because it was very self-knowing. That self knowledge seems to have been completely lost since.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-36325182777139851632009-02-08T07:29:00.000-05:002009-02-08T07:29:00.000-05:002fs, that is one of the best definitions of snark ...2fs, that is one of the best definitions of snark I have ever seen (and I now must teach my Firefox spellcheck to recognize the word 'snark'). I have not heard of this book but it seems to me that Denby has completely missed the point, so much so that it's almost pathetic.<BR/><BR/>Loved the fake cover as well! That's snark Mr. Denby - learn it, embrace it and lighten the f*ck up.Mooselethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16874418427786990740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-63143867060380379822009-02-08T01:28:00.000-05:002009-02-08T01:28:00.000-05:00Must be some snarky editors at Denby's publishers ...Must be some snarky editors at Denby's publishers - who decided it'd be amusing to let him make an ass of himself, rather than trying to edit some sense into him.<BR/><BR/>I agree with most of your descriptions, and admire most of the folks Denby hates...but I make a clear exception for Camille Paglia, who is a bloviating, self-obsessed idiot.<BR/><BR/>The thing about snark is, to me, it's the equivalent in the realm of sarcasm of flirting in the realm of romance: it's quick, fun, and not too serious. The most amusing thing about Denby's book, judging from your review of it (I haven't read it), is that he seems quite tone-deaf to both the attitude of the snarker and the point of the snarking. His take on Penn Jillette's joke is the most obvious: its primary target is as you say...but what Denby totally misses is the complex rhetorical underlayment of high-end snark like Jillette's - which also cuts against the hypocrisy of those who wouldn't hesitate to criticize a male politician who acted like Hillary but forbear from doing so for fear of being called anti-feminist. I would think it would be far more anti-feminist to lay back and give Hillary a break because she's a woman than it would be to let her have it with exactly the same both barrels a male politician would get.2fshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17813487704459856169noreply@blogger.com