3:55PM Jess McGuire | Ah, public spats – you gotta love ‘em. The one I’m currently viewing from afar involves an AFI award winner, a well-timed profanity, and one hurt pissed off critic.
Let’s allow Jim Schembri, film reviewer for The Age and
blog-hating blogger, tell his own tale of woe.
A telling thing happened at the AFI Awards on Saturday night. And it was all because of me.
While accepting an award for best original screenplay for The Black Balloon, co-writer Jimmy Jack took public exception to my long-standing criticisms of the Australian film industry, and of his film. He read some of it out, then followed it by saying “Jim Schembri. F*** you.”
This undignified descent into blogspeak – whatever remaining shreds of class the AFI awards had are now gone – reportedly drew a spontaneous round of applause from some in the crowd.
I didn’t realise the term “Jim Schembri. Fuck you!” was official blogspeak, but as a Professional Blogger TM, I plan on finishing every post with it from now on as I would hate to be seen as behind the interweb times! The other bloggers would, like, totes stop linking to me!! OMG
Jim continues:
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