"Good Morning America" had a segment this morning honoring Joel Siegel, their movie critic who passed away recently after a long struggle with cancer. It was quite a nice tribute.
They talked a bit about Siegel's sense of fun, his ability to monitor young ABC staffers, and his general qualities as a human being.
He was a transplanted Californian, who loved NY, and thought that the only culture in LA could be found in its yogurt, and that the Berkeley football team would never win any games until they learned how to put cleats on sandals.
He loved movies and was a respected reviewer and critic, but he refused to review plays. Reviewing plays, he said, was too cruel. A bad review, and the actors are hurt, no one comes, the play closes, everyone is affected. A movie is different. Everyone (almost everyone) has already been paid, and the movie has already been made. Interesting, I thought.
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