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mrmando
At MSN, Kathleen Murphy issues a sophomoric screed against print-based critics:
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A lot of you have been writing about movies since the beginning of time, blathering on about blasts from the past and filmmakers no twentysomething ever heard -- or wants to hear -- of. Stodgy magazines and old-school newspapers give you Methuselahs permanent homes, as though they were still cutting-edge instead of way behind the curve.

Oughtta be an age limit that kicks in when a reviewer hits 30 (see "Logan's Run").


Wait a minute -- Logan's Run itself is over 30 years old, and I don't know anyone under 30 who has seen it.
MLeary
Man, I could just barely read this. If someone were to reprint this article in The Onion, I wouldn't bat an eye.

ed: nvm, her byline suggests it is satire...
mrmando
QUOTE (MLeary @ Sep 19 2008, 09:40 AM) *
Man, I could just barely read this. If someone were to reprint this article in The Onion, I wouldn't bat an eye.

ed: nvm, her byline suggests it is satire...

Queen Anne News, eh? That's a teeny little neighborhood weekly ... I would be surprised to learn that it actually has a film critic. If this really is satire, the sad thing is that it's not that far off from some other content I've seen at MSN that wasn't satire...
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