The question (not burning, perhaps--except for the poor dupes who suffered through the charmless Phantom because the Times recommended it) is how Maslin comes by this generosity. The paranoid explanation is that the paper's growing dependence on movie ads compels her, in some oblique and unconscious way, to be an industry booster. Or it could be that Maslin is a little too well connected for a film critic, as some detractors have charged, and afraid to hurt her friends' feelings. slate
I think I'll be making a habit of Maslin Watching at the end of the week from here on in, catching both reviews in one swoop. www.beatrice.com/archives/cat_maslin_watch.html
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The New York Times movie critic Janet Maslin quit her dream job at the end of last year after almost thirty years of reviewing movies, nearly twenty years with the Times. #034;People like to read slams,#034; she said, #034;and I don#039;t have the mean g www.theconnection.org/shows/2000/02/20000210_b_main.asp
Janet Maslin , New York Times critic, founding member and president of the Jacob Burns Film Center Board of Directors and Nancy Kohlberg were given 2006 JBFC Leadership Awards. Author Anna Quindlen presented Janet Maslin with the award and journalist Bil bookmarksmagazine.com/book-review/sunday-philosophy-club/...
