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Halle Berry's pet biopic (she stars and executive produces) of Dandridge, the first African-American to earn an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, gets a lukewarm reception: "a devoted but ultimately dull hagiopic" marred by "a flat script and uninteresting narrative" (James Poniewozik, Time ). Some of the more sordid parts of Dandridge's life have been left out, and several critics say that while Berry captures Dandridge's beauty and glamour, she lacks her heat and sensuality.
Always read "more for his trend-setting insights than his novelistic dexterity," he loses his hipster cred with this novel "by jumping on the already tired beauty-pageant-bashing bandwagon" ( Publishers' Weekly ). Even worse, "his brand labels are just slightly faded," and the story feels "curiously clipped and uptight" (Tom Shone, the New York Times ). On a more positive note, many also point out that despite his faux pas, Coupland has put together "a brilliant set of riffs" on pop culture and Hollywood life (James Poniewozik, Time ). (Click here to see some of the furniture the author has designed.)
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Not only is it full of cursing, ethnic jokes, prostitution, and the like, but it dares to have no laugh track and a bastard as the protagonist: "the show is truly subversive and daring in its scabrous attitude" (Caryn James, the New York Times ). A few minor complaints: 1) The show is "a little in love with its own transgressiveness" (James Poniewozik, Time ). 2) The show relies on "humiliation humor" and Entertainment Weekly 's Ken Tucker predicts that the unlikability of star Jay Mohr will sink the show.
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