Ben Stein Panned by Fox News
Roger Friedman of Fox News has panned the movie, Expelled. How could someone of Stein's intelligence go so far wrong? Read the whole review at the link above (you have to scroll past the yawn-fest about Mariah Carey, whoever she is). But allow me to quote my favorite part here:
The whole idea of Stein, a Jew, jumping on the intelligent design bandwagon of the theory of evolution begetting the Nazis is so distasteful you wonder what in — sorry — God’s name — he was thinking when he got into this. Who cares, really, if "Expelled" is anti-Semitic? It will come and go without much fanfare.
But Stein is another matter. Can he really be amusing selling eye drops or acting like a nebbish on game shows if we now have this new insight into his thinking?
You know Ben Stein from his voice. He used it to intone Ferris Bueller’s name iconically at the beginning of that 20-year-old Matthew Broderick movie. His laconic delivery and deadpan presence have given him a benign celebrity — until now.
Sounds as if Friedman is predicting the end of Stein's dominance of the Visine world. One can only hope. Certainly the makers of that fine product will have to reconsider whether their scientifically formulated wares are best represented by someone with a Bronze Age view of the formation of the Universe.
just saw Expelled; Ben Stein's goal in making this flick (i gather) was not to win any popularity contests (this by itself helps to validate his message)... his goal was to promote free thought, especially more thinking about motivations that drive American academia and a lot of other behind-the-scenes worldview that we tend to take for granted.
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