New York Post critic thinks women ‘are not capable of understanding’ Martin Scorsese's 'Goodfellas'

In an effort to get people riled up, New York Post critic Kyle Smith had a piece published today called “Women are not capable of understanding Goodfellas.” Obviously, with a headline like that, people are going to get angry and if that’s what he wanted, it’s exactly what happened.

in his piece, Smith compares how guys look at the gangsters in Martin Scorsese’s seminal 1990 film to how women see them, at least according to him.

“Women (except silent floozies) cannot be present for ball-busting because women are the sensitivity police: They get offended, protest that someone’s not being fair, refuse to laugh at vicious put-downs,” Smith wrote. “In the male fantasy, all of this is unforgivable — too serious, too boring. Deal another hand, pour another drink.”

His whole thesis is based on his opinion that Goodfellas “is a story of ball-busting etiquette” among men, which women can’t handle. He even suggests that Lorraine Bracco’s character’s relationship to Henry (Ray Liotta) is “based on ball-busting.” Later, Smith even includes his synopsis for what Goodfellas would be like if a woman told the story.

Smith’s piece is the reason why Goodfellas started trending and he’s reveling in it. “I just single-handedly made a 25-year-old movie trend on Twitter. #nohumblejustbrag #goodfellas,” he tweeted. He’s also been retweeting comments attacking him.

Smith has had his past controversies. Last year, he complained that there was “too much estrogen” at the Golden Globes when Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted. In 2013, his negative review of Philomena called the film out as a “hateful and boring attack on Catholics.”