That quote was uttered by Diablo Cody, who wrote it (along with many other insane declarations) on her MySpace blog last week. If you haven't read it, do it now. Your jaw will drop.
The above line is wrong for a number of reasons. First off, I've pretty sure five million 12-year-olds have no idea who Buck Henry is. (Even though they so should.) Secondly, Henry is a witty, satirical genius who co-created the classic sitcom "Get Smart," co-wrote the screenplay to "The Graduate" (which got him an Oscar nod — and yet, he didn't win!) and was "Saturday Night Live"'s reliable, go-to guest host during its early years. It's perhaps best for this gal not to compare herself to such a multi-talented human being as Henry. And thirdly, and this is most important, I don't have to accept a dang thing!
From what I've gathered in her rant, we should all get over the fact that she's an admittedly mediocre hack who lucked into her success. Hey, she may not be Wes Anderson, but she's working with Spielberg and he's not — and neither are you. (She's got chutzpah, I'll give her that.) Just when I had given her a pass for her cute Oscar speech, she pulls this hate-me-now junk, making all the complaints I had about that movie of hers all the more justified.
As a wise man once said, people need haters. They remind talented, successful people that their success is well-deserved. Real talents bask in their haterade because it lets them know that they have a gift people only wish they had. Cody hating on her haters is just redundant.
It also shows they may have a point.
Craig D. Lindsey is the film critic/reporter for the News & Observer. And he occasionally does profiles on cool performers whenever they show up.
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Thu, 09/25/2008 - 13:17 — Debra (not verified)Ah, thank you Uncle Crizzle for saying what many of us think. This woman is a pompous hack. Buck Henry, she ain't and will never be.
Lucked into?
Mon, 09/22/2008 - 22:19 — isaacdukeHow exactly did she "luck into" her success? If I'm not mistaken, production has started on her next movie, she just had a show she created picked up (which is fairly hard to do in TV nowadays, almost as hard as keeping a job in newsprint), and as you pointed out, Spielberg is working with her. I actually enjoy your reviews and such Craig, but this truly does seem like straight-up hating. Seriously, the woman has produced exactly ONE script that has made it to the screen. Unless you have actually read some of her other work (not including blogposts, unfortunately), what are you basing this attempted ethering on? More to the point, if the casual reader is to take someone's opinion on talented screenwriting, do they take yours or Spielberg's? I don't consider myself a big fan of Ms. Cody's, nor an apologist. I don't feel there is a reason to apologize. I'm sure if someone had either the time or inclination they could scan through a few of your articles and find something that equals "Honest to blog" in inanety.