NY Press critic Armond White and I have had our differences but not strictly due to his unfailing contrarian streak. The man who last week vilified the roundly beloved Toy Story 3 has this week managed to join the 8 percent of critics willing to stand behind Grown Ups — a film that hangs its hat on the attenuation of fart jokes, peeing in pools and 4-year-olds breastfeeding. But! It’s not that he doesn’t get it. The “humanist” joke is on you , dear reader — all the way down to the Mike Leigh and Jean Renoir comparisons. Seriously.
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Guess Which Piece of Crap Armond White Called a ‘Humanist Work of Art’?
