Rex Reed: the Clive Barker of food critics

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Village Voice study

In April of 2005 Dennis Lim and Ed Park of the Village Voice did a study on Rex Reed's demeaning of other countries' movies based on their food:

* On Oldboy: "What else can you expect from a nation weaned on kimchi, a mixture of raw garlic and cabbage buried underground until it rots, dug up from the grave and then served in earthenware pots . . . ?"

* On Spirited Away: "No surprise coming from a people raised on chicken katsudon, an incestuous gang bang of murdered poultry and aborted chicks--the former cooped up in cramped cages, wading in their own feces."

* On Y Tu Mama Tambien: "Par for the course for a country loco for chimichangas, a queasy heap of shredded flesh, mummified in corn torn from the ground and then mercilessly pummeled flat--before being tortured in a bath of hot oil."

* On Amelie: "C'est la vie for a race responsible for croque monsieurs, a nauseating farrago of flayed pig muscle and fermented cow extract, imprisoned in a tomb of scorched bread, the whole thing drowned with bechamel sauce."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Reed#Village_Voice_study

I swear I'm not making this up.