Charlie Rose with Toni Morrison, Armond White & Claudia Brodsky; Stanley Crouch; Ellis Cose (February 24, 1997)
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Call me Switzerland. Call me a flip-flopper. While I love Precious, I’ve been fascinated by the backlash and even appreciated the coverage. Armond White’s front cover (!) slam in the New York Press is already somewhat legendary, and with White being the Pres of the NY Film Critics’ Circle, this will cost it some pre-Oscar award-gobbling. The Times’ A.O....
ByronCrawford.com (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Because I'm constitutionally incapable of trying hard, I live about equal difference from both white and black movie theaters. Where should I go see Precious? I usually try not to support anything associated with either Oprah Winfrey or Tyler Perry,...
Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... only one Precious hater among them -- N.Y. Press critic and N.Y. Film Critics Circle chairman Armond White. One other guy, novelist, former newspaper reporter and Emory University instructor Nathan McCall, takes a mild swipe at Precious director Lee Daniels for indulging in stereotypes by having made "light-complexioned actors the good guys" and...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Critic Armond White wrote, "Not since The Birth of a Nation has a mainstream movie demeaned the idea of black American life as much as Precious." Responds the novelist Sapphire, "With Michelle, Sasha and Malia and Obama in the White House and in the post-Cosby Show era, people can't say these are the only images out there."...
Bossip (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... perspectives on “Precious.” Perhaps the most provocative salvo against the movie was fired by Armond White, the chief film critic of The New York Press and the chairman of the New York Film Critics Circle. “Not since ‘The Birth of a Nation’ has a mainstream movie demeaned the idea of black American life as much as ‘Precious,’ ” Mr. White wrote in his review. “Full of brazenly...
Bold As Love (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Already got my tickets for this event, which takes place tomorrow. Here's the description via the Film At Lincoln Center site: Armond White joins us on stage for a one-of-a-kind tribute to the King of Pop. White will also be...
Finestkind Clinic and fish market (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... movie demeaned the idea of black American life as much as ‘Precious,’ ” Mr. White wrote in his review. “Full of brazenly racist clichés (Precious steals and eats an entire bucket of fried chicken), it is a sociological horror show.” Armond White is the chief film critic of The New York Press and the chairman of the New York Film Critics...
Political Partying (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
generic1 : “Not since ‘The Birth of a Nation’ has a mainstream movie demeaned the idea of black American life as much as ‘Precious,’ Full of brazenly racist clichés (Precious steals and eats an entire bucket of fried chicken), it is a sociological horror show. Worse than Precious itself was the ordeal of watching it with an audience full of patronizing white...
Slog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
I am a fan of Lee Daniels' Precious —which chronicles the ridiculously hellish life of a Harlem teen in 1988—for some reasons included here . But I'm also interested in the ongoing anti- Precious backlash , the most vitriolic contribution to which so far comes from the New York Press 's infamous contrarian Armond White : Shame on Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey for signing...
Watch Us Explode! (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
After his evisceration of Precious in the New York Press film critic and resident sour puss Armond White has turned his attentions to the “Sandra Bullock helps a slow, dumb, big black guy achieves his dreams” Magic Negro movie The Blind Side and guess what? He LOVES it! Not exactly a surprise. White is so predictable. [...]
