What happens when a movie critic gets critiqued? A Twitter moment.
Twitter users called out The Wall Street Journal's Joe Morgenstern after he made an embarrassing error in a review of the movie, "Lion."
In Morgenstern's Friday newspaper review, he misidentifies Dev Patel with Kal Penn. Both actors are of Indian descent.
@JoeMorgenstern Dev Patel wasn't in the Namesake. Did you mean the other brown actor (@kalpenn) or other brown film? :( #wsj #lionmovie pic.twitter.com/UhPtVKmJ5B
— Kelvin (@kelvindchen) November 25, 2016
User @kelvindchen picked up on the error.
The Wall Street Journal's movie critic confused Dev Patel and Kal Penn in his review of #Lion.https://t.co/OXvAQc9785 pic.twitter.com/aJygMp7jyr
— Variety (@Variety) November 25, 2016
Here's my review of "Lion." Going in, I thought it was about a lion. Coming out, I was enchanted. https://t.co/dApQ6Ybo7t via @WSJ
— Joe Morgenstern (@JoeMorgenstern) November 24, 2016
Morgenstern tweeted a link to his review of "Lion" on Wednesday.
You do realize that Dev Patel is not Kal Penn, right? pic.twitter.com/UpAEGaejsY
— Ezra Cubero (@EzraCubero) November 24, 2016
User @EzraCubero tweeted this: 'You do realize that Dev Patel is not Kal Penn, right?'
I do. What a dumb error.
— Joe Morgenstern (@JoeMorgenstern) November 24, 2016
Morgenstern simply responded: "I do. What a dumb error."
A spelling mistake is a dumb error. Mixing up Dev Patel and Kal Penn is something else... #WeDontAllLookTheSame https://t.co/5G4Sr12A32
— Vanni Sharma (@VanniSharma) November 25, 2016
But not everyone was willing to let the critic off that easily.
Oh ffs. Javier Bardem & Jeffrey Dean Morgan I can see. This one? Just because they're two brown dudes..uggggggh. *headdesk* https://t.co/Ut4ex7LYxZ
— Medie (@medie) November 25, 2016
The Wall Street Journal has issued a correction on the online review.
