Anyway, this exercise reminded me why I think Rotten Tomatoes creates false equivalences and forces critics to reach for black-and-white conclusions on movies where there's bound to be a lot of middle ground.
Whether you think rotten luck or bad choices got you here, holiday self-reflection can be painful.
"I think Democrats are rotten on this, too," she says.
"The concept of portraying evil and then destroying it—I know this is considered mainstream, but I think it is rotten.
"I thought maybe something had gone rotten in my refrigerator," she said.
Asked why she walked away, she told The Times in 1971: "I was singing at the Palmer House in Chicago when I thought, 'This is a rotten business.' And I just turned off".
"I fell over on holiday in Germany and fractured my pelvis, which I thought that was pretty rotten luck.
So when I went to see the final performance of Heidi Blickenstaff, Christian Borle, John Cariani and Kate Reinders in Something Rotten! and I thought the ensemble (which featured at least seven new members since opening) was looking great, I emailed the press agents to tell them.
My wife thinks she gets a rotten press, and I thought, 'Wouldn't it be great if we really hit it off.' But we didn't see eye to eye at all.
At the time I thought I might be pelted with rotten tomatoes, so I am very surprised by the way it took off.
