Comments on: Patti Smith on PBS arty but not entertaining

By: Julia NYC

Julia NYC — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:56:19 +0000

This was so embarrassing. I cringed every time the woman said anything. Thank God the sixties are over. Please no more airtime for that wretched generation. It’s bad enough we now have to deal with their tiresome kids. it’s a shame, perhaps the documentary could have been interesting if it had some real substance. For instance, why was she famous and why did she affect so many people? It certainly was not apparent from the documentary. They should have delved more into her work.

By: Donna Greenberg

Donna Greenberg — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:08:29 +0000

I agree. The expectation was for a filmed history of the punk era with Smith as the guide it is nothing of the sort it is a pretentious delusional bore about a woman whose punk antics are all but forgotten except by the geezers at the Chelsea .

By: Bill DeNo

Bill DeNo — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:14:56 +0000

I have to agree – this is a tedious watch. And one has to wonder at the self fascination of someone past 60 years of age who still courts the hip n’ happening.
I am a fan of Smith’s drawings at this point. The music remains unevolved, sentimental and dated. Plus one has to wonder about someone who is always passing herself off as “just one of the people!” None of the people I’m close to dress head to toe in prada nor can they claim that a few hundred dollars isn’t a lot of money. The film is pretentious. I kept wanting to fast forward it. Amd it was my second time around.