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Criticism:

Finding art in entertainment. Criticism:. “Any movie worth seeing is worth arguing about, and any movie worth arguing about is worth seeing” ~ A.O. Scott. How has film criticism evolved?. 1930s. 1970s : “golden age” (Roberts 14).

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  1. Finding art in entertainment Criticism:

  2. “Any movie worth seeing is worth arguing about, and any movie worth arguing about is worth seeing” ~ A.O. Scott

  3. How has film criticism evolved?

  4. 1930s

  5. 1970s: “golden age” (Roberts 14)

  6. “snap-judgment reviewing and celebrity gossip” (Nowell-Smith 3) 1990s 30+ critics left since 2006 (Roberts 11)

  7. Film criticism should be more than this

  8. “a [corpse] on the autopsy table waiting to be imbued with a history” (Dokumaci 5) the “surgeons”

  9. CONNECTIONS CONNECTIONS CONNECTIONS

  10. Distorting Reality Mississippi Burning Gone with the Wind The Social Network

  11. What I’ve been up to…

  12. My first story…

  13. …and the others

  14. I would like to thank… Mrs. Ward My mom and dad Mr. Rodoff My wonderful classmates Frank Quattrone Dr. Valenza

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