Owen Wilson As Karl Rove?

Here's an interesting theory about the decline of Wes Anderson films from Slate:

The disappointment was widespread, yet the critics at the major papers and the hipster blogs all overlooked one important fact: The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou was the first Wes Anderson film in which Owen Wilson didn't share the writing chores. What if Owen Wilson, America's resident goofy roué with the broken nose and the lazy nasal drawl, was the rudder keeping USS Anderson on course, steering its captain away from solipsism and ironic overload?

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Comments

[Eric]

Good article. Check out this one at http://www.nplusonemag.com/neato.html. It is a little more unkind to Wes.