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By What Standard?

By on 1.24.07 @ 4:53PM

In his recent column, Sebastian Mallaby said this about Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth":

His movie has grossed an astonishing $24 million, not counting foreign sales...

Funny, but "March of the Penguins" grossed over $77 million, not counting foreign sales, and it didn't star the former Vice-President and wasn't hyped up the wazoo.

I think the word "astonishing" should be replaced by "disappointing".

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