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So sue me
After I gave a two-chile rating to the blockbuster 300, I got a voice-mail message from a woman who told me -- in a tone that was mostly pleasant and sometimes bemused -- that I just didn't get it. She said 300 was one of the best films she'd seen recently, that it was supposed to be visually stimulating and not historically accurate, and that it was tongue-in-cheek to boot. Then she hung up.See the full content of this document
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The Big Picture Takes On Film
The good news is that my critical comments clearly got her to respond to me, which is always a plus for newspaper writers who wonder whether they're writing in a vacuum. And she got me thinking about my role as a movie critic. In retrospect, she may have had a point that I di...
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