New York Times
Nathan Lee
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/454204/Jonas-Brothers-The-3D-Concert-Experience/overview
Are you kidding me your writing about the Jonas Brothers, might be going through your head right now, but don't mock this blog post until you have read the whole post.
I went to the New York Times and I was looking for an article to blog about. Well, I see a movie review, the Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience(2009). On the news earlier todayit said the Jonas Brothers were showing up at a few of the movie theaters after their movie was over to perform a song. Good way to get people to see your show right? Anyways, the reason for saying that is becuase I thought this review would include that major fact, so i decided to read the review, and if it wasn't included ill hear what the movie was about.
And here is where this blog begins, I read the short review about the movie, and after i was done reading it i was completely DISGUSTED. Why you may ask?
Because of this ...
"If you’ve ever wanted to crawl into Kevin’s chest hair, this is as close as you’re likely to get without incurring a restraining order."
Once i read this, i read it again to make sure i just actually read what i read. Nathan Lee, the writer of the review could have reworded this to say, "If you ever wanted to be within inches of the Jonas Brothers, this is as close as you're likely to get without being removed by a body guard." Most likely, a 4th grader isn't on the New York Times reading this, but for the parents of the child wanting to go watch this movie, what are they thinking about this gross comment?
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I definately have to agree with you about that one line from the review. That's just disgusting and quite frankly immature. I realize that the piece was not a "news" article per se so is likely to be less informal but was that comment even necessary? I think the way you reworded it had exactly the same effect that the author was going for with out the grossness. And regardless of what I think about the Jonas Brothers that one sentence made me lose respect for the article. I couldn't help but take it less seriously after reading that.
I tihnk that this just proves that journalists need to be extremely careful in choosing their words. Especially in this type of review. The Jonas Brothers movie is geared towards younger kids, and these kids have to rely on their parents to get them to the theaters. If their parents read this review, I highly doubt they will be enthusiastic to take their kids to get "up close with Kevin's chest hair." Anyway, this statement should not have been published, and I don't think it accurately represents the movie and gives families an insight to what the film is really like.
First off, can I say that I literally lol'd when I read that. For cereal.
But secondly, this review is proof that the line that separates what journalist should and should not right is getting smaller and smaller every day. The press is no longer worried about insulting people, and everything written is now purposely infused with the writer's own bias. I do acknowledge that this is not an article, but a review, however there is still a line, and Mr. Nathan Lee crossed it. He is not talking about 18 year olds, 21 year olds, or 30 year olds, but tweens. People between the ages of eight and thirteen. That isn't okay because even though they won't be reading the review, it is degrading and MEAN grrr.
OH MY GOSH! That is really funny but really inappropriate at the same time. I have always thought of the New York Times as a very credible and classy paper, this review may be just an opinion of one of the journalists, but definetly looks bad for the entire paper.
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