'Milky Mook' Justin Long Compliments Movieline's Own Michelle Orange on Her Going the Distance Pan
Do you remember reading Movieline's scathing review of Drew Barrymore's recent box office disappointment, Going the Distance? Well, Barrymore's costar Justin Long sure does, and he recited a particularly brutal excerpt from memory during yesterday's episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon after tipping his hat to Movieline critic Michelle Orange.
"The nice [reviews], they're good to hear but you never really internalize them -- it's the bad ones," Long said. "I read one in particular, that -- it was so bad that it set the bar I think for insults for me. I actually kind of appreciate this woman. Michelle Orange, wherever you are, at Movieline. I remember it. I remember the quote, and this is word for word.
"Michelle Orange called me -- and you hear things about yourself and you think you develop a pretty thick skin -- this woman called me, this is word for word, a 'milky affectless mook' -- it keeps going -- 'with unformed features and a kindergartner's haircut on the first day of school.'"
Fortunately, the review inspired Long to get literate. "So I looked up 'mook,' because I had no idea what a mook was," he said. "It sounds weirdly like it could be inappropriate somehow. 'Mook,' according to the Urban Dictionary, is, and I quote, 'an archetypal young male who looks like a moronic bonehead. They are self-centered simpletons of a drunken fratboy lifestyle.' So yeah, it doesn't get worse than that."
Scroll ahead to 24:10 for Long's shout-out and Fallon's admission that sometimes, he likes to go by the pen name "Michelle Orange":
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Shout out! And Justin managed to make Michelle seem like a mean spirited bitch while maintaining a sense of humour about it himself, so I call this one a draw.
Did he leave out the part about "punching outside his weight class"? Because that was my favorite.
Any publicity is good publicity, according to spencer pratt.
Well, not to defend the Mac guy, but that's usually what I'm thinking when I read Michelle's reviews, to be honest.
Is it just me, or does this take forever to load? I'm leaving this site, curiosity unquenched.
Just you? Mine was within seconds.
Takes forever.
In fact, it's proven, yet again, that forever never comes.
Not that important.
well done movieline!
i'm still waiting for it to load... should i bother?
I can only imagine the rush of commenting within your class.
It's disturbing the resemblance between Fallon and Long. They look like mook twins.
Oh, the rush is worth it; akin to doing a speedball, but without that ultimate high of having a gold box around my comment.
Well I guess everyone is entitled to there opinion, even if it is stupid....and yeah, just because your using words that are seldom used (milky affectless mook) doesn't mean you are clever or intelligent, in fact all it means, is that you own a dictionary. Congrads Michelle, you got your five minutes of fame by tearing some one down, while Justin will have a life time of fame based on talent.
Agreed! And Jimmy's wife and Drew are biz partners and great friends. Perhaps Drew has a little thing for Jimmy - so she found a substitute.