Comments on: Sour Grapes http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8678 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:11:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: eshaffer http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8678#comment-20415 eshaffer Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:25:37 +0000 #comment-20415 Predictable? Granted. Flamewar? Hardly. Predictable? Granted. Flamewar? Hardly.

]]> By: rex http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8678#comment-20412 rex Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:48:19 +0000 #comment-20412 Cross-link: <a href="http://www.rakemag.com/today/rakesprogress/archive/2006/01/are_you_going_t.aspx" target="_blank">Hans' thoughts at <em>The Rake</em></a>. Cross-link: Hans’ thoughts at The Rake.

]]> By: Dan Heilman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8678#comment-20308 Dan Heilman Wed, 04 Jan 2006 21:58:11 +0000 #comment-20308 <em>Evidently, I have to see Klute. </em><br /> <br /> You should. Jane Fonda can make herself cry until she's dripping snot. Paging Oscar! Evidently, I have to see Klute.

You should. Jane Fonda can make herself cry until she’s dripping snot. Paging Oscar!

]]> By: eshaffer http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8678#comment-20254 eshaffer Wed, 04 Jan 2006 16:35:44 +0000 #comment-20254 Good points, Adam. You wrote what I wish I could have written had I not been so sputteringly stupified by the condescension of it all.<br /> <br /> (Hi, by the way. We met at TCR years ago.) Good points, Adam. You wrote what I wish I could have written had I not been so sputteringly stupified by the condescension of it all.

(Hi, by the way. We met at TCR years ago.)

]]> By: Adam Platt http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8678#comment-20246 Adam Platt Wed, 04 Jan 2006 14:38:11 +0000 #comment-20246 Speaking as Ann Bauer's equivalent (loosely) at her (former) competing magazine, I find her essay maddeningly cynical and ironically self-hating. Why would Minnesota Monthly hire a restaurant "critic"/editor (they were mostly features, not real reviews) who had no knowledge of the topic or real passion for it? What must they think of their readers? And what are we to think of Ms. Bauer, who went from just looking for a meal ticket to enamored with the most vain, least meaningful trappings of her beat, to complete and utter indifference, but still had to be pryed from the beat. Her insights into the editorial process at MM are amusing, and should be spotlighted for its readers. The people who we write for do actually merit some consideration in my shop, where, whatever its flaws, the cynical realm of "food porn" has never entered the discussion. The Twin Cities is full of engaging food journalists, many of them highly eccentric, all with their strengths and weaknesses, but I've never seen anything from any of them as cynical as Ms. Bauer's tell-all. Speaking as Ann Bauer’s equivalent (loosely) at her (former) competing magazine, I find her essay maddeningly cynical and ironically self-hating. Why would Minnesota Monthly hire a restaurant “critic”/editor (they were mostly features, not real reviews) who had no knowledge of the topic or real passion for it? What must they think of their readers? And what are we to think of Ms. Bauer, who went from just looking for a meal ticket to enamored with the most vain, least meaningful trappings of her beat, to complete and utter indifference, but still had to be pryed from the beat. Her insights into the editorial process at MM are amusing, and should be spotlighted for its readers. The people who we write for do actually merit some consideration in my shop, where, whatever its flaws, the cynical realm of “food porn” has never entered the discussion. The Twin Cities is full of engaging food journalists, many of them highly eccentric, all with their strengths and weaknesses, but I’ve never seen anything from any of them as cynical as Ms. Bauer’s tell-all.

]]> By: srhcb http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8678#comment-20242 srhcb Wed, 04 Jan 2006 13:47:14 +0000 #comment-20242 Well, it's published in Salon, the journal of those so much smarter than the general popoulation, so take it from there. Well, it’s published in Salon, the journal of those so much smarter than the general popoulation, so take it from there.

]]> By: Don Timms http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8678#comment-20229 Don Timms Wed, 04 Jan 2006 04:09:59 +0000 #comment-20229 Yeah, but does she tip at the bad waitress? Yeah, but does she tip at the bad waitress?

]]> By: stevemarsh http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8678#comment-20218 stevemarsh Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:57:54 +0000 #comment-20218 Evidently, I have to see Klute. Evidently, I have to see Klute.

]]> By: alexis http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8678#comment-20214 alexis Tue, 03 Jan 2006 23:54:19 +0000 #comment-20214 I actually have little to no opinion at all about the article. Other than this, I suppose: Someone is actually surprised that the members of the upper echelon of any scene -- food, art, music -- become apathetic towards what was once their passion? Doy. I actually have little to no opinion at all about the article. Other than this, I suppose: Someone is actually surprised that the members of the upper echelon of any scene — food, art, music — become apathetic towards what was once their passion? Doy.

]]> By: rew http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8678#comment-20210 rew Tue, 03 Jan 2006 23:22:40 +0000 #comment-20210 Find me a job that <em>isn't</em> prostituting yourself. I solicit every day. Find me a job that isn’t prostituting yourself. I solicit every day.

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