Stinky Reviews the Reviews 2!

Stinky has not got much time, because Mom is on the warpath again. She says the free ride is over, and the milk train no longer stops here. Whatever that means. So Stinky has to do the dishes, even though there are several clean plates and one clean jelly jar in the cabinet. What is the rush, Ma?

When Stinky has a hankering to read informative, insightful and entertaining movie reviews, he saunters over to DVD Talk and reads DVD Savant and Stuart Galbraith IV. When he has not such a hankering, he reads this guy.

The victim this time is You'll Never Get Rich, a musical starring "the great Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth." Is the reviewer saying that Fred Astaire is great and Rita Hayworth is not, or is he unfamiliar with how to use words? Stinky suspects the latter, because in his review of The Rounders, the reviewer begins by saying, "The Rounders is a western-comedy featuring the legendary Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda."  Glenn Ford is legendary but Henry Fonda is not? Why not say movie greats or screen legends if one is referring to both? Stinky assumes he means to include both, because Stinky has a generous nature.

We are informed that "the film features music by the legendary musician Cole Porter." Why one of the greatest composers in American Music is called a "musician", Stinky has not a clue. And a mention of any of the songs by this legendary musician would have been nice.

We are also told that the film was produced by Samuel Bischoff, but Stinky is not certain why this warrants a mention in the opening paragraph, or why his credit on The Roaring Twenties is relevant.

A plot synopsis follows, "and the story goes from one zany scenario to another". Here the reviewer confuses scene and scenario, two different things.

"The film is well produced with a number of great elements to the production." Well produced, we assume by Samuel Bischoff, from way back in the first paragraph, but how? And what are "the great elements to the production"? This means nothing sans, one might even say without, examples.

"The cinematography by Philip Tannura (Racket Squad) is beautiful to behold." Not just beautiful, but beautiful to behold. "The film has tremendous black and white cinematography. The film looks stunning." So many words, so many sentences, and Stinky still has to do all those dishes.

We are told the screenplay "is entertaining". Very penetrating. And for those of you who are unfamiliar, this is an excellent example of Stinky's world-famous sarcastic wit.

Then we are told the film "is well-done for a classic musical",  "surprisingly funny", and "worth checking out for musical fans". Perhaps the reviewer is unaware of the condescension, but Stinky Fitzwizzle is not.

Next to finally, can we please stop with the parenthetical irrelevant credits, which Stinky concisely and hilariously parodied here. Do we really need to know that Philip Tannura shot (or, as this reviewer might say, cinemagraphed or cinematographied), Racket Squad?

Finally,

     This release includes English SDH subtitles (for the deaf and hard of hearing).

What if Stinky wants to watch it with subtitles and the sound really low before he tackles that sink full of crockery?  Is he not allowed?

Seek out this entertaining couple!