Ed Johnson-Ott writes for Nuvo Newsweekly in Indianapolis. A quote of his about _Trekkies_ was run in the national ad. Last night his colleague told me he was gay (though it wan't a surprise), but I don't remember why she told me that. Maybe it was when we were discussing that I'd read in _Video Watchdog_ that those who knew James Whale think he would have been outraged at the camp excesses of _Gods and Monsters_, which was so poorly marketed here I didn't get to see it (it played for two weels with ads pointing to the wrong theatre). > of the loop, but I've never heard of him. > I always thought it was kind of silly attaching some of the most artistic cinematic work compared to an aesthetic regarded with scorn. > I agree that "MTV style" is very vague. Todd Haynes went on > record complaining about uses of the term by conventional > critics to bash anything with avant garde leanings. Certainly, but the style of editing and use of crosscutting may influence the name-tossing. > If it's a synonym for "rapid edits," then it's terribly > misapplied to _Elizabeth_. > Scott ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html