NP: Robert Altman (not from the LA Free Press)

[John Carvill]

> From: Peter Petto
> Subject: NP: Robert Altman (not from the LA Free Press)

> This reminds me of IV somehow (of Doc in particular.)
>
>> =46rom the LA Times
>> PATRICK GOLDSTEIN ON THE COLLISION OF ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA AND POP =20
>> CULTURE
>>
>> Get out the boxing gloves: Richard Schickel vs. Robert Altman
>> October 29, 2009 | 11:27 am

Thanks for that, Peter. It came through a bit garbled, though.

FWIW, Altman was *way* cool, and Schickel is a pompous, priggish,
mean-spiriterd, out-of-touch, class-obsessed plonker. He co-authored a
horrible 'celebration' of Humphrey Bogart a few years ago, which I
reviewed for popmatters:

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/celebrating-bogie

Throughout the Bogart book, Schickel displayed the same sort of horror
of smoking, drinking, and enjoying oneself alluded to in that LA Times
article, stopping just short of dancing on Bogart's grave. Made me
wanna puke!