David Edelstein Quotes About Afghanistan

• As a critic, I try to stay neutral about movies before I see them, but I really wanted "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" to be great. It's based on a barbed memoir by Kim Barker called "The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days In Afghanistan And Pakistan." And its stars Tina Fey, out of her comfort zone, just as Barker was a fish out of water when, in 2004, she began covering the Afghanistan occupation for the Chicago Tribune.

  David Edelstein

  Stars, Water, Trying

  "Tina Fey's War-Zone 'Foxtrot' Falls Out Of Step". "Fresh Air", www.npr.org. March 4, 2016.

• The movie's only serious criticism is reserved for Baker's television network, which doesn't think Americans care about Afghanistan - kind of hypocritical given this film's lack of substance.

  David Edelstein

  Thinking, Criticism, Serious

  "Tina Fey's War-Zone 'Foxtrot' Falls Out Of Step". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. March 4, 2016.

• Es difícil para los actores cómicos acostumbrados a hacer muecas sólo por estar en pantalla, pero Tina Fey hace un buen trabajo. Me gustó verla. El papel, sin embargo, no está relleno. Cuando Baker anuncia que se ha acostumbrado demasiado a la locura de Afganistán, que le preocupa estar considerándola normal, el sentimiento surge de la nada. El arco dramático de "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" es inexistente. La película se evapora en la mente como el agua en el desierto afgano.

  David Edelstein

  Jobs, Thinking, Filled In

  "Tina Fey's War-Zone 'Foxtrot' Falls Out Of Step". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. March 4, 2016.

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