Sideways: not a PSA
NTY: "Is Wine-Soaked Film too, Er, Rose?"
Aside from the fact that this has the word "Er" in the headline, it's a little short on challenges to claims that the film Sideways ignores alcoholism. The people making these claims are another example of issue advocates who feel the need to graft their narrow conccerns onto everything they see.
Similar: SceneSmoking.org's obsessive tabulations of smoking in films.
Anyways, the story doesn't point out that Sideways does acknowledge the ill effects alcohol can have—the "drink and dial" scene, Miles stealing from his mother (which one source quoted in the story does point out), and his depreession, which is pretty obvious throughout the film....plenty other things, I'm sure, can give any attentive viewer a good enough idea of the problems booze can cause. Which leads me to the question, what do these people need? A blatant public-service announcement before the credits roll? "Hi, I'm Paul Giamatti and...."
Aside from the fact that this has the word "Er" in the headline, it's a little short on challenges to claims that the film Sideways ignores alcoholism. The people making these claims are another example of issue advocates who feel the need to graft their narrow conccerns onto everything they see.
Similar: SceneSmoking.org's obsessive tabulations of smoking in films.
Anyways, the story doesn't point out that Sideways does acknowledge the ill effects alcohol can have—the "drink and dial" scene, Miles stealing from his mother (which one source quoted in the story does point out), and his depreession, which is pretty obvious throughout the film....plenty other things, I'm sure, can give any attentive viewer a good enough idea of the problems booze can cause. Which leads me to the question, what do these people need? A blatant public-service announcement before the credits roll? "Hi, I'm Paul Giamatti and...."
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