It doesn’t seem like it’s too hard to get a blog on ChicagoNow:
I’ve heard 4th grade, I’ve heard review bots, but perhaps they’re just bad translations?
Here’s my scenario as to how Sarah got her job…
“Hey, I found a girl who can write reviews for $10/week, 4 movies a week.”
“Sign her up.”
“Wait… I was joking. This kid is Nigerian and she, Saria, just arrived…”
“I don’t care. $10/week? I’ll look great come bonus time. Sign her up, NOW. We can always get Google to translate the rough patches.”
“We get bonuses? But our business is dying…”
“Want me to find somebody to do your job for $15 a week?”
:gulp: “Er, no.”
“Then shut up about bonuses and don’t let it get back to me! And, uh, we’ll call her ‘Sarah’. Oh, stop worrying - nobody will tell the difference!”
Holy crap! Did you see this entry:
Wouldn’t the worst critic be one of those sham reviewers who are paid to gush glowingly about even the most dreckish films out there, just to get a copy line on the movie ad?
“What I want for Christmas is a Red Ryder BB Gun with a compass in the stock and this thing which tells time. I think that everybody should have a Red Ryder BB Gun. They’re very good for Christmas. I don’t think that a football is a very good Christmas present.”
-Ralphie from A Christmas Story
Sorry, I haven’t gotten to the reviews yet. I haven’t gotten over being pissed about:
[INDENT][indent]Hey I’m Sarah. Born and
raised in Chicago. I love
watching the newest movies
before they officially come[/INDENT][/INDENT]out.
What the hell, website? Who told you that’s acceptable formatting?
Gah! I just read my first Sarah The Movie Blogger reviews. I think maybe SHE pays THEM for the privilege of posting on chicagonow. Gah!
That’s…impressive. There used to be a reviewer for our local weekly who was pretty bad, but nowhere near this league.
I keep hearing these reviews in Dr. Steve Brule’s voice.
Actually, digging into it a little, it turns out ChicagoNow is a community blog site owned by the Sun Times. Nobody there is a professional journalist (or they don’t need to be). Still, the bloggers have to pitch their stuff to the administrators, and someone thought that Sarah’s stuff was worthwhile. I guess.
Wow, Jackie Harvey is become flesh and walks among us.
I was about to ask people to take it easy on some 15 year old making a post. After all, some people come into their own later than others. Apparently, she has a BA in photography. Carry on.
She sounds more like Archie “Arch” Danielson.
When I first saw the page I saw it as:
Hey I’m Sarah. Born and
raised in Chicago. I love
watching the newest movies
before they officially come
I spent a good amount of time wondering what an unofficial come would be like for a movie.
The Tribune, not the Sun-Times. They’re rivals. And the Sun-Times is the owner of the Dope. Which would you rather have on your corporate resume, the SDMB or Sarah the Movie Critic?
I found Sarah because I was referred to her by a sidebar on a serious news page on the Tribune site. As far as I’m concerned, that makes her an official comer for the Tribune.
OK, hold on. In this picture from last October she looks like she’s about 13. It still doesn’t explain the writing style:
That’s the accompanying text of a stick figure drawing where you practice writing cursive on paper with giant gridlines.
In before she’s mentally retarded and everyone feels like an asshole.
Hahahahahah.
I love that the state of the thread is that she could be
[ol]
[li]13[/li][li]retarded[/li][li]both[/li][/ol]
Sounds like most of the pit threads started here.
Do you know something? She knows you, apparently. She mentioned you in a review:
[Quote=Sara]
Marshmallows you will be happy to see the cast of Veronica Mars again up on the big screen this time.
[/quote]
The fact she added the final, incorrect ‘s’ is just her writing style.
Another pic of her in her review of Divergent. I’m terrible at judging ages, but I guess she’d be in her early twenties. I want to believe this thing is a put on.