NYT on Rex Reed
NYT on Rex Reed
NYT on Rex Reed#1
Posted: 5/12/26 at 7:37pm
Rex Reed, Film Critic Known for Acerbic Reviews, Dies at 87
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/movies/rex-reed-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.h1A.aHTy.sfPGjq6KuvQV&smid=nytcore-android-share
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NYT on Rex Reed#2
Posted: 5/13/26 at 8:59am
MezzA101 said: "Rex Reed, Film Critic Known for Acerbic Reviews, Dies at 87
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/movies/rex-reed-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.h1A.aHTy.sfPGjq6KuvQV&smid=nytcore-android-share"
Love him or hate him, he was one of a kind. Thanks for sharing the NYT article.
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NYT on Rex Reed#4
Posted: 5/13/26 at 10:50am
I actually read many an article by him a thousand years ago, and he was a brilliant writer. His articles were regularly in the Times and were incredibly perceptive. I don't know whether he got full of himself or simply decided to be himself, other peoples' opinions be damned. I have to say that i felt bad upon reading of his death, and read all the articles that I could find. He was one of a kind.
I used to love his great reviews, because they were so thought provoking. His vicious reviews were generally on target, even if they cut a little too close to the bone.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
NYT on Rex Reed#5
Posted: 5/13/26 at 1:59pm
Arguably only occasionally reliable as a critic, an Addison DeWitt manque prone to gushy paeans and snide dismissals, he was always an acid-tongued commentator and a decent interviewer. If his talents were more Walter Winchell than Walter Kerr, he was once a formidable voice, inhabiting the Venn diagram of gossip adjacent dish and serious (enough) journalism. For boomers, he was the first larger-than-life chronicler of celebrity that wasn't from a hatted lady of Hollywood. His brand of off-the-cuff bitchery matched his permanent sneer, which made him the perfect chat show guest.
As a teenager, I loved reading and watching him. He held onto his boyish southern mien, and like most New Yorkers who arrive from elsewhere, had an affectionate eye for Manhattan's allure: he sold the city as the grand crossroads that it remains. It's impossible to imagine show business reporting the last 60 years without his ripe marginalia as annotation. RIP
NYT on Rex Reed#6
Posted: 5/13/26 at 6:59pm
I always had a soft spot for Rex Reed after he gave a rave to my set design for a little show up at Berkshire Theater Festival back in 1982. It may be politically incorrect to say, but I wish there were still a critic working today that had Rex's knowledge and bite. Rest in Peace, you old queen of queens.
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