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| re: Meat Loaf has died. | |
| Posted by: writerkev 05:52 am EST 01/21/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Meat Loaf has died. - TheHarveyBoy 05:19 am EST 01/21/22 | |
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| Actually I believe that was The NY Times, in a concert review. It wasn’t an attempt at snark, but simply a misplaced attempt at obeying the Times editorial style of referring to living people. I don’t have details at my fingertips. Perhaps someone else knows the specifics. | |
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| re: Meat Loaf has died. | |
| Last Edit: writerkev 06:04 am EST 01/21/22 | |
| Posted by: writerkev 06:03 am EST 01/21/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Meat Loaf has died. - writerkev 05:52 am EST 01/21/22 | |
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| Actually it seems we’re both wrong, and this is a bit of an urban myth. The Q&A with a Times copy editor here discusses it (you have to scroll way down in the article to find the reference). Seems “Mr. Loaf” was in a headline of a movie review by Stephen Holden, but it was phrased as a tongue-in-cheek question. |
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| Link | NY Times copy editing |
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| And now there's a whole new NYT piece about it | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 04:32 pm EST 01/21/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Meat Loaf has died. - writerkev 06:03 am EST 01/21/22 | |
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| As fans of the rock singer Meat Loaf woke up Friday to news of his death, one small question — trivial, really, in the context of a grand career — surfaced again. Did The Times really call him “Mr. Loaf” in its pages? Let us explain... |
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| Link | No, We Didn’t Call Him ‘Mr. Loaf.’ (Mostly.) |
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| Thanks for the clarification (NM) | |
| Posted by: TheHarveyBoy 09:40 am EST 01/21/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Meat Loaf has died. - writerkev 06:03 am EST 01/21/22 | |
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| Thanks! | |
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