Forum Overview :: Motherfucking News :: Re: Vacant verbose verbiage when a one sentence summary would do?

[quote name="Tony"]Wow. Did I type in all-caps? [quote name="Tony"][quote name="Flavio"]V is to despotic governments what Crash was to racism.[/quote] I can't think of a lazier formulation than "X is to Y as Z is to [". Like, seriously, what other journalistic cliche requires or imparts less understanding of a subject? What else lets you pass something off as a review WHEN IT DOESN'T EVEN TELL US YOUR OPINION? Way to totally abdicate your responsibility as a reviewer. Turn in your badge.[/quote] Yeah, this doesn't exactly gel with my anti-review rant. I guess I don't mind if you limit yourself to single-sentence summary. But it shouldn't make me guess what you'd identify as Crash's relationship to racism (a stylised and daring exploration of?). :-) [quote name="Flavio"]You ARE Tseni[/quote] I can't think of a way to deny this without complimenting her, which, um, wouldn't exactly help my case. :-( Mood: Indistinguishable Music: Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap[/quote]