Vindication, However Small

Some time ago, I wrote this.

Today, I came across this in an interview with Terry Zwigoff, director of Crumb and Ghost World:

TZ:...The Coen brothers do a lot of movies with a very strong regional dialect. I love the movie they did with Tom Hanks, Ladykillers. That woman Irma P. Hall, I could listen to her all day.

AVC: You said before that you have different tastes than most people in movies, and that would be a case in point, since nearly everyone else seems to dislike The Ladykillers.

TZ: They don’t like The Ladykillers? Huh. Well, it’s better than the original English film, though I’m sure I’ll be crucified for saying that. Mainly because of Irma P. Hall. And I liked Tom Hanks in it, too; I thought he was good.

Crucified? You're hanging with the wrong crowd, Mr. Zwigoff.
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