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Syndicated film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, whose television movie
review show, Siskel
& Ebert has been on the air for more than 20 years, have decided to begin
airing short videos sent in from their viewers. The short segments, called
The Viewer's Thumb began airing on October 26. Siskel
& Ebert viewers are invited to send in 20 second home videos in
which they offer a thumbs up or thumbs down rating of a movie, or of the
show itself. One tape will be aired on each episode of the show.
The first episode of The Viewer's Thumb was sent in from Rhys
Southan of Texas who discussed the depictions of Southerners on film. So
get out those video cameras (and those thumbs) and let them know what you
think about the latest Hollywood blockbusters, or your favorite
under-appreciated indie flicks.
Send your 1/2" VHS tape to:
The Viewer's Thumb
P.O. Box 4400
Chicago, IL 60680
Also note that Roger Ebert has been an increasingly outspoken homophile of
late. His reviews of Sleepers and Get on the Bus
have dealt in large part with the gay content of those films. In his
Chicago-Sun Times review of Sleepers he notes
that "The movie's real subject is a homophobic revenge fantasy...If you doubt
that the movie depends on homophobia to justify its morality, ask yourself:
if the boys had been beaten but not sexually molested, would the movie play
the same way? Would the priest arrive at the same decision? Would the
verdict seem as justified?" And if you've seen the film, you know the sad
answers to these questions.
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