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| Barry Norman on Austin Powers,
Reviewing the reviewers |
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Justin Harries,
20 January 1999 |
Rating: F1
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Watching Barry Norman review Austin Powers is a bit like showing your granny a John Waters movie. Painful. You know he's not going to like it, and its not hard to guess which cliché he's going to dig out to express his indignation.
After years in the business of reviewing mocvies, Norman clearly views himself as something of a national institution (which I guess he is, but perhaps not in the way that he thinks). He hawks upcoming reviews on his own show as if the movie lives or dies on whether it receives the acclaimed Norman thumbs up. As if we care! Barry Norman revealing that he thinks Austin Powers is juvenile hardly makes headline news.
It's no wonder that Norman has been sidelined from his high profile BBC job to present fillers between movies on Sky when a movie length inconsiderately falls short of the standard two hours. The nation must have breathed a sigh of relief which the Johnathan Ross was named as his successor.
How I wish I could wipe the wry, dismissive smile off Norman's lips. It's not as if he's ever done anything with is own life, apart from critise other people's work.
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