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The Mind-Reading Style In Film Criticism

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The Mind-Reading Style In Film Criticism

Maaaaaaaaan are these two reviews in The New Yorker something else

Jesse Singal
Nov 20, 2019
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Back in February, I criticized what I called “The Mind-Reading Style In American Journalism.” I’d noticed what felt like a trend toward rather far-out interpretations of other people’s statements and writing that just weren’t fair or rational. As one example, I mentioned an article in Vox about Liam Neeson’s frank public reckoning with racist moments in…

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