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In a crowded field, mere mediocrity won't snare you a GOOF award
December 27, 2006
<!-- Article By Line -->BY RICHARD ROEPER Sun-Times Columnist
<!-- boxscore --><!-- Article's First Paragraph -->So much can happen to a GOOF nominee in a decade.
Looking back at the roster of the 1996 finalists for my annual GOOF (Greatly Overhyped and Overexposed Fool) Award, I'm struck by the balance between those who have faded from the spotlight for reasons either tragic or pathetic and those who are still out there, living out their lives in the public eye. Not all GOOFs go gently into that good night. Matthew McConaughey was cited in '96 -- not because of any wacky behavior (his nude bongo days were still ahead), but because the media had prematurely turned him into a superstar -- "the next Paul Newman" -- before he had done anything. Now, McConaughey is best known as an amiable, oft-shirtless, pseudo-hippie who stars in mostly lightweight films....
In a crowded field, mere mediocrity won't snare you a GOOF award
December 27, 2006
<!-- Article By Line -->BY RICHARD ROEPER Sun-Times Columnist
<!-- boxscore --><!-- Article's First Paragraph -->So much can happen to a GOOF nominee in a decade.
Looking back at the roster of the 1996 finalists for my annual GOOF (Greatly Overhyped and Overexposed Fool) Award, I'm struck by the balance between those who have faded from the spotlight for reasons either tragic or pathetic and those who are still out there, living out their lives in the public eye. Not all GOOFs go gently into that good night. Matthew McConaughey was cited in '96 -- not because of any wacky behavior (his nude bongo days were still ahead), but because the media had prematurely turned him into a superstar -- "the next Paul Newman" -- before he had done anything. Now, McConaughey is best known as an amiable, oft-shirtless, pseudo-hippie who stars in mostly lightweight films....