in which one of our leading proponents of the notion that facts are stupid things goes one for three:
“[Ballast] is a Fannie Hurst tale (like Imitation of Life, So Big, Showboat [sic])…”
—Armond Whie, “Killer of Dreams,” The New York Press
Paging the Edna Ferber estate...
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Armond, even five minutes on Wikipedia could have cleared this up for you!
Such a factual error never would’ve slipped into his glowing review of Eddie Murphy’s “Meet Dave”
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OK, now I think White has decided he’s just going to start fucking with his readership.
In a just world, Armond White would be in prison.