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April 07, 2008
Ebert @ 17 (Years Ago)
A number of commenters have noted the MCN Front Page link to a Roger Ebert essay from 1991, "A film critic's modest proposal," so I thought it should have its own space.
This piece was a bit of a swipe at The Chicago Tribune, where the Teen Critics had a Friday slot. But it is a lot more than that.
"People read the papers not in the hopes of learning something new, but in the expectation of being told what they already know. This is a form of living death."
Posted by poland at April 7, 2008 11:29 PM
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CAPE FEAR OWNS.
Posted by: LexG ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/nav-commenters.gif)
at April 8, 2008 03:11 AM
We need to appreciate and savor every word that emits from Roger Ebert's brain while he's still with us.
He's right on the money about the difficulty in finding the right balance between writing banal populist drivel and writing only for other critics, which is what I think pretty much all of the New York Times reviewers do.
Posted by: repeatfather at April 8, 2008 08:26 AM
How can you not like this man (Ebert)?
oh wait, am I dumbing down my post so any idiot can understand what I'm saying? ;-)
Posted by: brack at April 8, 2008 12:39 PM
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