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Saturday October 12, 2024

What is Edward G. Robinson 'Known For'?

Per IMDb and its dipshit algorithms:

All good movies. But when Robinson (née Emmanuel Goldenberg) died in January 1973, The New York Times ran an obit on page one below the fold, which read:

Edward G. Robinson, 79, Dies; Famed as Films' 'Little Caesar'

Fuckin' A. A few other newspapers put that role in their headlines, too, while most merely said, “Hollywood Tough Guy” which is the same thing. Here's UPI's example:

“His greatest role.” Sometimes the culture changes, of course, and the hidden is elevated and the celebrated lowered, but I don't think that's happening here. I don't think IMDb is tapping into any culture. As the man said: I don't see any method at all. 

Mother of mercy.

Posted at 10:03 AM on Saturday October 12, 2024 in category Movies