The new trailer for the remake of The Women has gotten actual women's panties in a twist. While the sisterhood of the traveling feminist principles over at Jezebel is totally flipping out—sample comment: "FOR SHAME"—the real ugliness will come this September, when Anthony Lane and Rex Reed and every other established film critic simultaneously stroke out at a screening. (Finally opening up some jobs for people under 50, at least.) But though they may die, they will at least die correct. The trailer for The Women—written and directed and executive-produced by Diane English, the writer and executive producer of Murphy Brown—exposes the fact that this film is a huge pile of crap.

Debra Messing's insane telegraphic overacting is painful even in 2-second increments; the dialogue is tacky and lousy, particularly when you go back to the language the Clare Booth Luce play. (The preview starts with Messing saying: "Well I might as well tell you, I'm eating for two." OH GOOD ONE.) The music is evocative of Sex and the City but not actually as good. There is apparently a saucy lesbian character! The preview concludes with bad childbirth gags! Any reasonable gay might ask himself: How could any film with Carrie Fisher, Cloris Leachman and Bette Midler be bad? It seems impossible, and yet—well, watch it, if you dare.