A Star Is Born – Literature R US

No Life? No Problem! Slate explains why you have to see the 12 precious additional minutes to “A Star Is Born” in the “A Star Is Born Encore” edition now playing in movie theaters across the country

Posted on March 8, 2019September 1, 2019 by Alan Vanneman

Yes, you can fill up a good three hours of that empty void you call you by going to see A Star Is Born Encore, but you can also kill a good 20 minutes more just by reading “The Best and Worst New Scenes in A Star Is Born EncoreI” in Slate. Heather Schwedel ably,…

A Star Is Born: You know who I feel sorry for? I feel sorry for the guy who had to pretend he could be punched out by Lady Gaga

Posted on November 2, 2018September 17, 2019 by Alan Vanneman

Yeah, at 5’1” and (apparently) 108 pounds, I doubt if the Gaga Girl packs much of a punch, but if you believe the latest reiteration of A Star Is Born, she can send a normal size guy reeling with just one blow.1 This is just one of the many questions raised by ASIB, including “Who…