Salon.com > rex reed http://www.salon.com Thu, 23 May 2013 04:40:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Rex Reed: A career of offensiveness http://www.salon.com/2013/02/08/rex_reed_a_career_of_offensiveness/ http://www.salon.com/2013/02/08/rex_reed_a_career_of_offensiveness/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:02:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13195734 Long-time film critic Rex Reed -- who incidentally acted in one of the worst films ever made, the 1970 adaptation of Gore Vidal's novel "Myra Breckinridge" -- is making headlines today for his particularly offensive review of "Identity Thief," in which he called comedian Melissa McCarthy "humongous," "tractor-sized," and a "female hippo." He continued to focus on nothing but her weight, trivializing her fame to the point of calling the "Bridesmaids" star "a gimmick comedian who has devoted her short career to being obese and obnoxious with equal success."

As support for McCarthy poured in via Twitter and comments, Gawker's Rich Juzwiak called Reed's description "uncivil and the product of an intolerant mindset"; critic Christopher Campbell tweeted: "Seriously, there are too many writers losing their jobs (and those of us who can't get good ones) for Rex Reed to get away with that junk"; Chad Lowe called the comments "vile and unnacceptable," asking for the Observer to fire Reed.

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