"It"s an open secret in indie Hollywood that no one wants Manohla Dargis to review their movie, fearing that the outspoken critic will tear their film limb from limb," blogs the Los Angeles Times" Patrick Goldstein. "What causes so much fear and loathing in the filmmaking community about Manohla"s work as a critic isn"t her blunt appraisals but her seeming lack of empathy for the challenge of tackling difficult material."
My first reaction: Since when has empathy for the filmmaker - varying degrees of the stuff, too, evidently depending on the nature of the project s/he takes on - been part of the critic"s job description? Turns out, I"m not alone.
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