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Topic: Letters Sent to Romenesko
Date/Time: 2/23/2006 12:40:45 PM
Title: One-star study -- if that!
Posted By: Jim Romenesko
 
From SUSAN WLOSZCZYNA, film reporter, USA Today: I've been out of the reviewing business for about four years now, so I was somewhat surprised to see my name included in this study. After reading the findings, I was more than surprised -- I was confused. I don't know what system other newspapers with more than one film critic on staff use to divvy up the workload, but back when Mike Clark and I were a team, we covered nearly every release, even those that did not screen early. Since he was the so-called senior critic, he usually was expected to write about the biggest titles opening each week. That meant I was stuck with a lot of junky B-grade releases -- which tended to rate badly more often than not. It wasn't necessarily our choices per se, but the way our jobs were defined. Mike occasionally threw me a quality bone or two to critique, but if it were my choice, I would have gladly skipped such dogs as "Freddy Got Fingered" and "Saving Silverman" -- the very titles that drove me to question my time investment in such drek. I guess critics should celebrate the fact that an esteemed university is even bothering to study their profession, but these findings barely rate one star. [Permalink]

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