Ever since Hester Street first hit the movie houses, a lot of nice things have been happening for Carol Kane. Not only did she win an Oscar nomination as "Best Actress," but she's also been getting film offers left and right. (She just completed the James Caan-Elliott Gould starrer Harry and Walter Go to New Yord.)
But one thing Miss Kane was totally unprepared for was the stinging and somewhat cruel review she received from New York Magazine's film critic, John Simon. "At first my reaction was to be very hurt and very angry," she recalled. "And also to be very insecure- I mean, do I act like a zombie, am I that ugly? When I played in The Tempest for Joseph Papp, he (Simon) called me 'an albino witch.' When I had a small, recurring role in Dog Day Afternoon, he called me 'the screen's most untalented and graceless presence.' 'And the following week," she continued, "about a picture that I wasn't even in, he wrote something like, 'The only redeeming factor about this film was that Carol Kane wasn't in it.' I can only think that he's ill, but I find it shocking that he's allowed to be printed under the title of critic- that a reputable publication would classify him as a film or theater critic."

The article is accompanied by a small black and white photo of Carol from waist up, with her mouth open.