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Leave it to the esteemed reviewers over at the New York Times to take out their chef’s knife and go tantojutsu on two recent subjects.

Last week, Manohla Dargis called Rush Hour 3 “junky, clunky, [and] grimly unfunny.” I haven’t seen the film yet, so I can’t comment.

I definitely applaud her last-graph suggestion for Jackie Chan to choose something other than a “sexual neuter” for his next role though. I hope Jackie Chan’s manager is reading!

Then today, Dargis’s colleague Ben Brantley goes to the moon with his review of Grease. He sums up the Broadway revival, which cast two unknowns through a reality-show last winter, as “limp” and high-school grade.

The thing is, as much fun as it is to read a negative review, it’s like rubber-necking. You stare, and hope that it’ll never be you on the receiving end one day.