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The Depredations of Roger Ebert

August 22, 2010 - 12:24 am - by Benjamin Kerstein
Abu Nudnik
2010-08-22 17:25:45

Much if not all of what you say of him is true but the claim that he has ruined criticism sounds like sour grapes to me. I don’t thing the average viewer wanted to hear about film or be educated. He wanted to be able to spend his hard earned money on good films instead of wasting them on the bad ones. I think that’s how Ebert imagined his role. Why expect more? I don’t expect Keanu Reeves to be able to act. He can’t. But he hasn’t “ruined acting.”