For many years this NYC "alternative" weekly newspaper was a place where bright young reporters and arts critics got their start. Now that it has been gobbled up by a national syndicate of such papers, they evidently plan to cut heads through consolidation. I usually look in on the Los Angeles Weekly for a minute or two every Thursday when it comes out, since it is a fairly important left-liberal venue. When I read a review of Clint Eastwood's new film on Iwo Jima, it sounded quite familiar. It turns out that the review ran in the Village Voice yesterday as well:
http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0642,foundas,74758,20.html http://www.laweekly.com/film+tv/film/print-the-legend/14815/ This looks like the "USA Today" model applied to the counter-culture, such as it is. -- www.marxmail.org
