HOLLYWOOD - Comic actor Rob Schneider has furiously labeled movie critic PatrickGoldstein "unfunny" and "pompous" for his attack on his contribution to
cinema.
The former Saturday Night Live star has taken out a full-page advertisement
in the Hollywood Reporter attacking Goldstein's article on Jan. 26, in
which he blasted movie studios for making lackluster sequels like Deuce
Bigalow: European Gigolo.
His verbal assault mirrors Owen Wilson's recent defense of Starsky & Hutch
co-star Ben Stiller, who was criticized for his "tiresome" screen presence by
New Yorker magazine's David Denby.
Schneider writes of Goldstein, "Most of the world (has) no idea of your
existence.
"Maybe you didn't win a Pulitzer Prize because they haven't invented a
category for 'Best Third-Rate, Unfunny Pompous Reporter'.
"I can honestly say that if I sat with your colleagues at a luncheon,
afterwards they'd say, 'You know, that Rob Schneider is a pretty intelligent
guy' ... whereas, if you sat with my colleagues, after lunch, you would just be
beaten beyond recognition."
On gossip website Pagesix.com, Goldstein responds, "I haven't received so
many congratulatory phone calls since Billy Crystal wrote a letter to the
editor comparing me to Roy Cohn."
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