Miss Shields gives this garbage article an F!
Posted on 12/05/2018 9:01:36 AM PST by samtheman
When A Christmas Story opened in theaters on Nov. 18, 1983, it was not one of the year’s biggest films. Thirty-five years later, that little movie looms large over the holiday season. You can buy “major award” leg lamps at any price point, tour Ralphie’s actual house that was used in the filming of the movie, watch the Broadway musical adaptation and, of course, spend 24 hours in front of the TV watching the annual Christmas Story marathon on basic cable. The film has become a Christmas tradition beloved by many — but not all. In this video, I make a case for why A Christmas Story, despite its title, is a terrible Christmas movie.
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This movie was brought up recently by a co-worker, but I had never heard of it.
Miss Shields gives this garbage article an F!
From the Comment Section:
5 Reasons Why Gwynne Watkins Is A Terrible Journalist
1. She thinks that dumping on beloved classics somehow makes her relevant or insightful. The short definition of a “classic” is some kind of work that has withstood the test of time. This is obviously different than trends or kitsch. A Christmas Story, going on 35 years old, can certainly qualify as a classic movie, so all of the sudden attempting to raise your hand after three decades and say “I don’t like it, and everyone else is wrong” doesn’t hold water.
2. She doesn’t really understand the movie at all. The whole point of the movie, aside from the tongue-in-cheek side stories, is the pure joy one felt on that one special Christmas of your youth, when Santa brought that one absolute favorite gift. Most of us can relate. I know I do. But this writer seems to watch a movie like this, and come away thinking it’s centered on the way the little brother Randy wears his winter clothing. A single part does not define a whole.
3. She doesn’t relate to the characters in the movie. Perhaps I can give a pass on this one, considering that a person who grew up in a perfect household, or one that had no family at all, can’t possibly relate to this. I can, and can even go so far as to say that the older I get, the more I identify with the Dad. Look at the scene when they’re driving home from getting a Christmas tree. The rest of the family is singing, and look at the expression on the dads face. If that’s not the average modern father, I don’t know what is. Whenever I try to fix something in the house, my wife claims I’m the dad from this movie fixing the furnace! I could go on, but this writer obviously came from a youth that had none of this, and I pity her. Did she come from a childhood of loneliness and pain? Maybe privilege and neglect? I won’t dare to say. But they say a writer should write what they know, and this woman doesn’t know these people.
4. You cannot accurately judge the past through a “millennial lens.” Or maybe it’s just a “politically correct lens.” Whichever, modern sensibilities and finding offense with everything around you makes you a horrible judge of just about everything. People, food, art, history, even benign language like pronouns are a source of irritation and injustice to you. It seems enough to get people enraged enough to take to the streets holding signs and becoming violent. I think this writer has that “It has to be my way or it’s all wrong” sort of attitude. Ask yourself what qualifies you to make that kind of judgement. What in your life gives you the credentials to be an authority on anything? Thinking you know better doesn’t mean you actually do.
5. She needs to learn to get over herself and enjoy the things that want to make you happy. A Christmas Story ABOUNDS in Christmas spirit. No, not the average Hallmark movie or Hollywood kind, but the REAL kind we all have in our lives. I personally have never ever had a Christmas where an angel showed me what life would be life had I never been born, or where I had a life changing event that made me a different person, or where through shenanigans me and my misfit friends saved the town Christmas parade. What I have had, multiple times, are the precious childhood memories of the anticipation of Christmas, and the real believing that Santa Claus was going to bring me presents for being a good kid, that no matter how crummy life may have been, it would all be vindicated on Christmas Morning! Ah, who doesn’t recall how they felt waking up and going downstairs to see what awaited us? Maybe the disappointment, or the absolute surprise at getting something we never thought we’d get? If that isn’t Christmas spirit, then nothing else is.
They are joy killers.
It reads like an article dashed off when the author had to come up with something, anything.
The movie is titled 'A' Christmas Story, not 'THE Christmas Story. She's a moonbat......................
let me guess, no blacks, women are mothers or teachers, there’s a bully, child abused by sticking a bar of soap in his mouth. I’m sure there a huge number of reasons why some leftist loon could find to hate about the movie, but I’m not going to waste my time to see what her stupid reasons are.
LOL!
Until last month, my wife had never seen Die Hard.
Until last month, my wife had never seen Die Hard.
Liberals are the most ****ing miserable and misery-spreading creatures on the face of the earth.
You wrote an excellent critique of a terrible critique of a fun movie.
That about sums up the article.
Actually there are black kids in Ralphie’s class.
I had never seen it either, though I have seen “It’s a wonderful life” at every Christmas.
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