Reporter: Say, listen. Is he working on a case?
Nora Charles: Yes, he is.
Reporter: What case?
Nora Charles: A case of scotch. Pitch in and help him.
Everyone really is a critic this week. Steely Dan is advising Wes Anderson; N.P. Thompson is bitching about Slate's post-Edelstein film coverage [Confidential to Thompson: Not "Dana," jackass. Why refer only to the female critic by her first name? Grrrr.]; and Ben Ratliff takes that left in Albuquerque during his NYT review of an X show and lands in The Thin Man, with Billy Zoom as Asta. For real.
Which means it's well past time to break for the weekend. See you back here on Monday, kids.
