Comments on: Did you watch the Oscars? Here’s why I didn’t http://bradwarthen.com/?p=3785 All the News that Gives You Fits Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:30:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brad Warthen http://bradwarthen.com/?p=3785&cpage=1#comment-12079 Brad Warthen Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:54:50 +0000 http://bradwarthen.com/?p=3785#comment-12079 By the way, back when I was a copyeditor at The Jackson (TN) Sun in the 70s, I became the papers' movie critic on the side -- purely as a labor of love (and so I could get reimbursed for the cost of the tickets). I reviewed the original "Star Wars" (probably my favorite film from that period), "All the President's Men" and all sorts of classics... By the way, back when I was a copyeditor at The Jackson (TN) Sun in the 70s, I became the papers’ movie critic on the side — purely as a labor of love (and so I could get reimbursed for the cost of the tickets).

I reviewed the original “Star Wars” (probably my favorite film from that period), “All the President’s Men” and all sorts of classics…

]]> By: Brad Warthen http://bradwarthen.com/?p=3785&cpage=1#comment-12078 Brad Warthen Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:51:50 +0000 http://bradwarthen.com/?p=3785#comment-12078 Not a thing. I thought I established my credentials in that regard. My favorite art form, and all that. What I don't like is the Oscars, and what they show me about Hollywood off-screen. Not a thing. I thought I established my credentials in that regard. My favorite art form, and all that.

What I don’t like is the Oscars, and what they show me about Hollywood off-screen.

]]> By: Kathryn Fenner http://bradwarthen.com/?p=3785&cpage=1#comment-12075 Kathryn Fenner Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:45:35 +0000 http://bradwarthen.com/?p=3785#comment-12075 Whoa--what's wrong with liking movies, or being a film buff? Film is an art form, just like literature. Maybe not all movies, but then again, not all fiction is, either. Whoa–what’s wrong with liking movies, or being a film buff? Film is an art form, just like literature. Maybe not all movies, but then again, not all fiction is, either.

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