Comments on: Sweet Smell of Success http://trilema.com/2020/sweet-smell-of-success/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Wed, 13 May 2026 23:32:54 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2020/sweet-smell-of-success/#comment-153814 Mircea Popescu Sat, 22 Aug 2020 06:28:47 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=96097#comment-153814 Lol. It's funny, though -- most of everything that even put "America" on the map in the first place is thoroughly lost for the current US generations. Back when WW taped randomly on a telegraph terminal those people <em>were fucking cool</em>, the whole kit&kaboodle. Nowadays... Lol.

It's funny, though -- most of everything that even put "America" on the map in the first place is thoroughly lost for the current US generations. Back when WW taped randomly on a telegraph terminal those people were fucking cool, the whole kit&kaboodle. Nowadays...

]]> By: pletzalcoatl http://trilema.com/2020/sweet-smell-of-success/#comment-153813 pletzalcoatl Sat, 22 Aug 2020 06:25:19 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=96097#comment-153813 Would you believe I'd never heard of Walter Winchell before? Which left me rather oarless in the face of that Lancaster chunk limply "jazzing it up, pal", clearly after some fashion, but how badly, and which? Frankly, I don't think I can properly equip myself with the full kit needed to appreciate how much of a shining dud this film was. Its proper treatment, tho, you've got in the bag (and the bag's in the river). Would you believe I'd never heard of Walter Winchell before? Which left me rather oarless in the face of that Lancaster chunk limply "jazzing it up, pal", clearly after some fashion, but how badly, and which?

Frankly, I don't think I can properly equip myself with the full kit needed to appreciate how much of a shining dud this film was. Its proper treatment, tho, you've got in the bag (and the bag's in the river).

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