The late Roger Ebert in 1975 after winning Pulitzer Prize for film criticism, a profession that a Sun columnist recently compared to "the public equivalent of refrigerator literature." (COURTESY PHOTO)
The late Roger Ebert in 1975 after winning Pulitzer Prize for film criticism, a profession that a Sun columnist recently compared to "the public equivalent of refrigerator literature." (COURTESY PHOTO)
In a recent Sun column, my abilities as a writer and a critic were called into question. Furthermore, the very idea of art criticism was dismissed as “the public equivalent of refrigerator literature, strung together from boxes of magnetized words that offer inadequate variety.”
The central conceit of the argument against my writing is that I, and other critics, have a limited vocabulary that relies on cliche and trite phrases. My review of “WandaVision” was used as evidence of this.
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Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism that is degrading to another person.
Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article.