THE_AT LIVING_NN1 AND_CC THE_AT DEAD_JJ :_: Online_RR versus_II Old_JJ School_NN1 :_: time_NNT1 to_TO debunk_VVI the_AT myth_NN1 For_IF many_DA2 of_IO us_PPIO2 ,_, the_AT practice_NN1 of_IO film_NN1 criticism_NN1 is_VBZ more_RGR exciting_JJ today_RT than_CSN it_PPH1 has_VHZ been_VBN in_II decades_NNT2 ._. 
Yes_UH ,_, really_RR ._. 
That_DD1 might_VM sound_VVI like_II contrarian_NN1 posturing_VVG in_II31 light_II32 of_II33 the_AT many_DA2 ,_, many_DA2 essays_NN2 that_CST have_VH0 recently_RR eulogized_VVN the_AT "_" death_NN1 of_IO film_NN1 criticism_NN1 ._. "_" 
(_( Spoiler_NN1 alert_VV0 :_: the_AT Internet_NP1 did_VDD it_PPH1 !_! )_) 
But_CCB I_PPIS1 intend_VV0 it_PPH1 as_II the_AT sincerely_RR matter-of-fact_JJ expression_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 view_NN1 more_RGR commonly_RR held_VVN than_CSN is_VBZ usually_RR acknowledged_VVN ._. 
When_RRQ pundits_NN2 romanticize_VV0 how_RGQ great_JJ criticism_NN1 was_VBDZ "_" before_II the_AT Internet_NN1 ,_, "_" they_PPHS2 usually_RR end_VV0 up_RP talking_VVG about_II the_AT Sixties_MC2 and_CC Seventies_MC2 ._. 
It_PPH1 's_VBZ a_AT1 revealing_JJ sleight_NN1 of_IO hand_NN1 ._. 
Though_CS that_DD1 period_NN1 remains_VVZ the_AT high-water_JJ mark_NN1 for_IF many_DA2 cinephiles_NN2 ,_, for_IF critics_NN2 the_AT nostalgia_NN1 is_VBZ particularly_RR acute_JJ ._. 
Where_CS classical-era_JJ auteurs_NN2 had_VHD little_DA1 use_NN1 for_IF the_AT cognoscenti_NN2 ,_, the_AT post-Cahiers_JJ moment_NN1 of_IO the_AT Movie_NN1 Brat_NN1 was_VBDZ one_PN1 in_II which_DDQ criticism_NN1 and_CC creation_NN1 mutually_RR enriched_VVD one_PPX121 another_PPX122 ._. 
And_CC audiences_NN2 got_VVN on_RL21 board_RL22 as_RR21 well_RR22 ,_, synching_VVG up_RP with_IW the_AT tastes_NN2 of_IO reviewers_NN2 to_II an_AT1 extent_NN1 that_CST they_PPHS2 never_RR had_VHN before_II (_( or_CC since_RR )_) ._. 
For_IF the_AT first_MD time_NNT1 in_II America_NP1 ,_, there_EX was_VBDZ a_AT1 national_JJ conversation_NN1 on_II film_NN1 that_CST was_VBDZ n't_XX about_II its_APPGE politics_NN1 or_CC its_APPGE "_" moral_JJ influence_NN1 "_" but_CCB its_APPGE artistry_NN1 ._. 
If_CS movie_NN1 reviewing_NN1 had_VHD a_AT1 golden_JJ age_NN1 ,_, this_DD1 was_VBDZ it_PPH1 ._. 
But_CCB that_DD1 party_NN1 broke_VVD up_RP in_II the_AT early_JJ Eighties_MC2 and_CC a_AT1 gray-skied_JJ ,_, morning-after_JJ ennui_NN1 has_VHZ typified_VVN reflections_NN2 on_II the_AT medium_NN1 ever_RR since_RR ._. 
The_AT blockbuster_NN1 age_NN1 has_VHZ pushed_VVN ambitious_JJ cinephilia_NN1 to_II the_AT margins_NN2 of_IO popular_JJ culture_NN1 ,_, where_CS it_PPH1 's_VBZ sat_VVN in_II exile_NN1 like_II a_AT1 deposed_JJ government_NN1 waiting_VVG to_TO retake_VVI the_AT mainland_NN1 ._. 
This_DD1 has_VHZ n't_XX precluded_VVN regular_JJ bouts_NN2 of_IO critical_JJ enthusiasm_NN1 --_NN1 how_RRQ reviewers_NN2 write_VV0 about_II the_AT movies_NN2 (_( week_NNT1 in_RP ,_, week_NNT1 out_RP )_) is_VBZ often_RR very_RG different_JJ than_CSN how_RRQ they_PPHS2 write_VV0 about_II the_AT cinema_NN1 (_( as_II an_AT1 industry_NN1 ,_, as_CSA an_AT1 art_NN1 form_NN1 )_) ._. 
For_IF commentators_NN2 working_VVG in_II the_AT last_MD three_MC decades_NNT2 ,_, film_NN1 could_VM be_VBI a_AT1 comedy_NN1 in_II close-up_JJ but_CCB it_PPH1 was_VBDZ always_RR a_AT1 tragedy_NN1 in_II long_JJ shot_NN1 ._. 
Today_RT 's_GE swan_NN1 songs_NN2 for_IF the_AT rapidly_RR disappearing_JJ newspaper_NN1 reviewer_NN1 are_VBR best_RRT understood_VVN as_CSA proxy_NN1 battles_NN2 in_II this_DD1 cultural_JJ cold_JJ war_NN1 ._. 
So_RR why_RRQ do_VD0 so_RG many_DA2 of_IO these_DD2 think_VV0 pieces_NN2 suggest_VV0 that_CST everything_PN1 was_VBDZ going_VVG swell_NN1 until_CS bloggers_NN2 crashed_VVD the_AT scene_NN1 and_CC ruined_VVD everything_PN1 ?_? 
The_AT history_NN1 lessons_NN2 are_VBR revelatory_JJ ,_, "_" writes_VVZ Chronicle_NN1 of_IO Higher_JJR Education_NN1 contributor_NN1 Thomas_NP1 Doherty_NP1 about_RP For_IF the_AT Love_NN1 of_IO Movies_NN2 :_: The_AT Story_NN1 of_IO American_JJ Film_NN1 Criticism_NN1 ._. 
Director_NN1 and_CC critic_NN1 Gerald_NP1 Peary_NP1 's_GE wistful_JJ 2009_MC stroll_VV0 down_II memory_NN1 lane_NN1 is_VBZ actually_RR the_AT opposite_NN1 of_IO revelatory_JJ ._. 
It_PPH1 is_VBZ an_AT1 affirmation_NN1 ._. 
The_AT film_NN1 's_GE main_JJ attractions_NN2 are_VBR its_APPGE thumbnail_NN1 sketches_NN2 of_IO feted_JJ critical_JJ personalities_NN2 :_: the_AT holy_JJ trinity_NN1 of_IO Otis_NP1 Ferguson_NP1 ,_, Manny_NP1 Farber_NP1 ,_, and_CC James_NP1 Agee_NP1 ,_, and_CC the_AT irrepressible_JJ odd_JJ couple_NN1 of_IO Pauline_NP1 Kael_NP1 and_CC Andrew_NP1 Sarris_NP1 ._. 
This_DD1 canonical_JJ dream_NN1 team_NN1 is_VBZ assembled_VVN to_TO represent_VVI 20th-century_JJ film_NN1 criticism_NN1 as_II a_AT1 unified_JJ tradition_NN1 ,_, one_PN1 "_" under_II siege_NN1 "_" in_II the_AT age_NN1 of_IO the_AT Web_NN1 ._. 
(_( Imagine_VV0 stock_NN1 footage_NN1 of_IO hands_NN2 typing_VVG ,_, cut_VVN to_II portentous_JJ musical_JJ cues_NN2 ,_, like_II something_PN1 out_II21 of_II22 Dateline_NP1 's_VBZ To_TO Catch_VV0 a_AT1 Predator_NN1 ._. )_) 
To_TO be_VBI fair_JJ ,_, the_AT film_NN1 offers_VVZ an_AT1 occasional_JJ nod_NN1 toward_II balance_NN1 --_NN1 then_RT blogger_VV0 ,_, now_RT LA_NP1 Weekly_NP1 film_NN1 editor_NN1 Karina_NP1 Longworth_NP1 makes_VVZ an_AT1 appearance_NN1 --_NN1 but_CCB the_AT editing_NN1 favors_VVZ those_DD2 talking_VVG heads_NN2 willing_JJ to_TO wax_VVI despondent_JJ or_CC spit_VV0 venom_NN1 ._. 
"_" What_DDQ I_PPIS1 see_VV0 of_IO Internet_NP1 reviewing_NN1 is_VBZ people_NN of_IO just_RR surpassing_VVG ignorance_NN1 about_II the_AT medium_NN1 expressing_VVG themselves_PPX2 on_II the_AT medium_NN1 ,_, "_" opines_VVZ Time_NNT1 critic_NN1 Richard_NP1 Schickel_NP1 ._. 
The_AT nuance_NN1 proffered_VVD by_II The_AT New_NP1 York_NP1 Observer_NN1 's_GE Rex_NP1 Reed_NP1 is_VBZ best_RRT captured_VVN in_II his_APPGE haughty_JJ delivery_NN1 of_IO the_AT words_NN2 "_" these_DD2 people_NN ._. "_" 
Quoting_VVG both_DB2 of_IO the_AT above_JJ ,_, Doherty_NP1 pushes_VVZ the_AT invective_NN1 towards_II the_AT baroque_NN1 ._. 
Digital_JJ critics_NN2 are_VBR "_" young_JJ punks_NN2 who_PNQS still_RR &lsqb;_( get_VV0 &rsqb;_) carded_VVD at_II the_AT multiplex_NN1 ,_, "_" "_" man-boy&lsqb;s&rsqb;_NN1 of_IO the_AT people_NN ,_, visceral_JJ and_CC emotional_JJ ,_, "_" and_CC "_" semiliterate_JJ troglodytes_NN2 who_PNQS prowl_VV0 the_AT viral_JJ field_NN1 grunting_VVG out_RP expletives_NN2 ._. "_" 
Fuck_VV0 !_! 
I_PPIS1 'd_VM like_VVI to_TO say_VVI that_CST Doherty_NP1 's_GE sentiments_NN2 are_VBR unique_JJ ,_, but_CCB articles_NN2 so_RG similar_JJ to_II his_APPGE that_CST they_PPHS2 could_VM have_VHI been_VBN written_VVN on_II the_AT same_DA Mad_JJ Libs_NN2 template_NN1 have_VH0 been_VBN a_AT1 fixture_NN1 of_IO the_AT mainstream_JJ press_NN1 for_IF years_NNT2 ._. 
As_II a_AT1 twenty-something_PN1 ,_, I_PPIS1 have_VH0 to_TO admit_VVI that_CST the_AT obligatory_JJ generational_JJ condescension_NN1 is_VBZ particularly_RR annoying_JJ ._. 
Apparently_RR ,_, I_PPIS1 do_VD0 n't_XX read_VVI ._. 
Anything_PN1 ._. 
Nor_CC do_VD0 I_PPIS1 have_VHI any_DD interest_NN1 in_II watching_VVG Battleship_NN1 Pokemon_NN1 by_II Albert_NP1 Einstein_NP1 because_CS ,_, hey_UH ,_, I_PPIS1 've_VH0 already_RR seen_VVN the_AT color_NN1 version_NN1 ._. 
Luckily_RR my_APPGE severe_JJ attention_NN1 deficit_NN1 compels_VVZ me_PPIO1 to_TO click_VVI away_II21 from_II22 these_DD2 articles_NN2 just_RR a_AT1 few_DA2 paragraphs_NN2 in_RP ,_, for_IF so_RG righteous_JJ is_VBZ the_AT pwnage_NN1 ._. 
There_EX 's_VBZ a_AT1 degree_NN1 to_II which_DDQ engaging_VVG the_AT critical_JJ rearguard_NN1 's_GE empty_JJ rhetoric_NN1 is_VBZ simply_RR unproductive_JJ ._. 
I_PPIS1 had_VHD written_VVN several_DA2 carefully_RR worded_VVD paragraphs_NN2 responding_VVG to_II the_AT prognostications_NN2 of_IO New_NP1 York_NP1 Press_NN1 critic_NN1 Armond_NP1 White_NP1 --_NN1 but_CCB honestly_RR ,_, why_RRQ bother_VVI ?_? 
I_PPIS1 've_VH0 read_VVN White_JJ inveigh_NN1 against_II the_AT cultural_JJ wasteland_NN1 of_IO cyberspace_NN1 in_II several_DA2 long-form_JJ essays_NN2 and_CC a_AT1 half-dozen_NNO interviews_NN2 ,_, and_CC I_PPIS1 've_VH0 yet_RR to_TO see_VVI him_PPHO1 name_VVI any_DD specific_JJ sites_NN2 beyond_II Ai_FU n't_XX It_PPH1 Cool_JJ News_NN1 and_CC Rotten_JJ Tomatoes_NN2 ,_, low-hanging_JJ fruit_NN to_TO be_VBI sure_JJ ._. 
Though_CS White_NP1 's_GE historical_JJ authority_NN1 and_CC verbal_JJ dynamism_NN1 almost_RR intimidates_VVZ you_PPY into_II thinking_VVG he_PPHS1 's_VBZ right_JJ ,_, the_AT more_RRR I_PPIS1 reread_VVD him_PPHO1 the_AT more_RGR apparent_JJ it_PPH1 becomes_VVZ that_CST his_APPGE polemics_NN2 have_VH0 no_AT grounding_NN1 in_II the_AT empirical_JJ present_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 's_VBZ just_RR a_AT1 bad-faith_JJ effort_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 total_JJ refusal_NN1 to_TO engage_VVI the_AT object_NN1 at_II hand_NN1 because_CS that_DD1 object_NN1 is_VBZ defined_VVN ,_, a_JJ21 priori_JJ22 ,_, as_CSA unworthy_JJ of_IO engagement_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 reminds_VVZ you_PPY of_IO critics_NN2 who_PNQS were_VBDR still_RR bitching_VVG about_II synchronized_JJ sound_NN1 in_II 1937_MC ._. 
So_RR why_RRQ respond_VVI ?_? 
Partly_RR because_CS I_PPIS1 believe_VV0 that_CST the_AT critical_JJ talent_NN1 emerging_VVG on_II the_AT Web_NN1 would_VM benefit_VVI from_II more_RGR institutional_JJ support_NN1 ._. 
But_CCB mostly_RR I_PPIS1 object_VV0 to_II the_AT way_NN1 such_DA articles_NN2 cheapen_VV0 cinephilia_NN1 ._. 
These_DD2 pundits_NN2 wield_VV0 the_AT names_NN2 of_IO my_APPGE critical_JJ heroes_NN2 as_RG little_DA1 more_DAR than_CSN blunt_JJ objects_NN2 in_II their_APPGE whack-a-mole_JJ war_NN1 on_II young_JJ upstarts_NN2 ._. 
They_PPHS2 position_VV0 themselves_PPX2 as_II the_AT gatekeepers_NN2 of_IO inherited_JJ wisdom_NN1 ,_, tending_VVG to_II the_AT flame_NN1 as_CSA digital-age_JJ darkness_NN1 spreads_VVZ across_II the_AT land_NN1 ,_, but_CCB in_II31 lieu_II32 of_II33 applied_JJ historical_JJ thinking_NN1 ,_, they_PPHS2 trade_VV0 in_II prefabricated_JJ nostalgia_NN1 and_CC reactionary_JJ contempt_NN1 ._. 
Meanwhile_RR ,_, a_AT1 generation_NN1 of_IO nascent_JJ cinephiles_NN2 is_VBZ being_VBG turned_VVN off_RP to_II the_AT very_JJ canon_NN1 the_AT experts_NN2 wish_VV0 to_TO defend_VVI ._. 
As_II the_AT kids_NN2 today_RT would_VM say_VVI :_: FAIL_VV0 ._. 
The_AT history_NN1 of_IO movie_NN1 commentary_NN1 has_VHZ much_DA1 more_DAR to_TO say_VVI about_II its_APPGE present_NN1 and_CC future_JJ than_CSN a_AT1 facile_JJ affirmation_NN1 of_IO the_AT status_NN121 quo_NN122 ._. 
Before_II attempting_VVG to_TO account_VVI for_IF the_AT sprawling_JJ vistas_NN2 of_IO cyberspace_NN1 (_( to_TO come_VVI in_II the_AT next_MD issue_NN1 )_) ,_, let_VM21 's_VM22 take_VVI a_AT1 second_MD look_NN1 at_II the_AT careers_NN2 of_IO two_MC much-abused_JJ critics_NN2 ._. 
Doherty_NP1 's_GE Chronicle_NN1 article_NN1 continues_VVZ on_RP For_IF the_AT Love_NN1 of_IO Movies_NN2 :_: "_" Its_APPGE narrative_JJ spine_NN1 is_VBZ the_AT legendary_JJ grudge_NN1 match_NN1 between_II Andrew_NP1 Sarris_NP1 and_CC Pauline_NP1 Kael_NP1 ..._... 
Kael_NP1 threw_VVD the_AT first_MD punch_NN1 in_II her_APPGE scathing_JJ 1963_MC attack_VV0 on_II the_AT cult_NN1 of_IO the_AT director_NN1 as_CSA auteur_NN1 ,_, 'Circles_NN2 and_CC Squares_NN2 ,_, '_GE an_AT1 essay_NN1 that_CST launched_VVD two_MC birds_NN2 with_IW one_MC1 screed_NN1 --_NN1 her_APPGE own_DA as_CSA a_AT1 hit_NN1 woman_NN1 not_XX to_TO be_VBI crossed_VVN ,_, and_CC her_APPGE target_NN1 's_VBZ ,_, who_PNQS suddenly_RR found_VVD the_AT obscure_JJ pieces_NN2 he_PPHS1 published_VVD in_II the_AT low-circulation_JJ Film_NN1 Comment_VV0 the_AT manifesto_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 new_JJ credo_NN1 ._. "_" 
It_PPH1 may_VM seem_VVI sniping_VVG to_TO point_VVI out_RP that_CST Sarris_NP1 's_GE early_JJ pieces_NN2 were_VBDR actually_RR published_VVN in_II Film_NN1 Culture_NN1 (_( he_PPHS1 would_VM begin_VVI regularly_RR contributing_VVG essays_NN2 to_II this_DD1 magazine_NN1 in_II 1970_MC )_) ,_, but_CCB it_PPH1 's_VBZ a_AT1 telling_JJ detail_NN1 ._. 
Film_NN1 Culture_NN1 was_VBDZ the_AT unofficial_JJ house_NN1 organ_NN1 of_IO New_NP1 York_NP1 's_GE underground_JJ film_NN1 scene_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 labor_NN1 of_IO love_NN1 nurtured_VVN by_II the_AT brothers_NN2 Adolfas_NN2 and_CC Jonas_NP2 Mekas_NN2 ._. 
It_PPH1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 "_" print_NN1 "_" magazine_NN1 in_II the_AT sense_NN1 that_CST it_PPH1 was_VBDZ not_XX written_VVN in_II longhand_NN1 on_II the_AT back_NN1 of_IO cocktail_NN1 napkins_NN2 ,_, but_CCB its_APPGE anti-establishment_NN1 ,_, DIY_NN1 ethos_NN1 had_VHD little_RR in_II31 common_II32 with_II33 mainstream_JJ journalism_NN1 ._. 
When_CS Sarris_NP1 began_VVD editing_VVG and_CC contributing_VVG to_II the_AT magazine_NN1 in_II the_AT late_JJ Fifties_MC2 ,_, he_PPHS1 did_VDD so_RR for_IF free_JJ ._. 
And_CC what_DDQ about_II Pauline_NP1 Kael_NP1 ?_? 
She_PPHS1 could_VM hardly_RR have_VHI lifted_VVN Sarris_NP1 out_II21 of_II22 obscurity_NN1 in_II 1963_MC ,_, a_AT1 time_NNT1 when_RRQ she_PPHS1 was_VBDZ perfectly_RR obscure_VV0 herself_PPX1 ._. 
Her_APPGE breakthrough_NN1 came_VVD a_AT1 couple_NN1 of_IO years_NNT2 later_RRR when_CS a_AT1 collection_NN1 of_IO her_APPGE early_JJ writings_NN2 ,_, I_PPIS1 Lost_VVD It_PPH1 at_II the_AT Movies_NN2 ,_, became_VVD a_AT1 surprise_NN1 bestseller_NN1 ._. 
Peruse_VV0 that_DD1 book_NN1 's_GE table_NN1 of_IO contents_NN2 and_CC you_PPY 'll_VM see_VVI that_CST many_DA2 of_IO the_AT essays_NN2 derived_VVN from_II impossibly_RR low-paying_JJ freelance_NN1 assignments_NN2 for_IF niche_NN1 periodicals_NN2 and_CC the_AT academic_JJ trade_NN1 ;_; "_" Circles_NN2 and_CC Squares_NN2 "_" ran_VVD in_II Film_NN1 Quarterly_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 journal_NN1 that_CST had_VHD nearly_RR shuttered_JJ a_AT1 few_DA2 years_NNT2 earlier_RRR for_IF lack_NN1 of_IO subscribers_NN2 ._. 
Most_DAT of_IO the_AT reviews_NN2 are_VBR transcripts_NN2 of_IO KPFA_NP1 radio_NN1 broadcasts_VVZ Kael_NP1 wrote_VVD and_CC recorded_VVD ,_, again_RT ,_, for_IF free_JJ ._. 
And_CC when_CS in_II 1965_MC Kael_NP1 finally_RR landed_VVD a_AT1 staff_NN position_NN1 at_II the_AT high-circulation_JJ McCall_NP1 's_GE ,_, her_APPGE one-year_JJ contract_NN1 was_VBDZ never_RR renewed_VVN ._. 
Why_RRQ ?_? 
As_CSA editor_NN1 Robert_NP1 Stein_NP1 admitted_VVD quite_RG frankly_RR years_NNT2 later_RRR ,_, "_" she_PPHS1 kept_VVD panning_VVG every_AT1 commercial_JJ movie_NN1 ._. "_" 
Does_VDZ any_DD of_IO this_DD1 strike_NN1 you_PPY as_II a_AT1 self-evident_JJ affirmation_NN1 of_IO mass-market_JJ professionalism_NN1 ?_? 
Would_VM iconoclasts_NN2 and_CC autodidacts_VVZ like_II Kael_NP1 and_CC Sarris_NP1 really_RR have_VH0 regarded_VVN the_AT self-publishing_JJ power_NN1 of_IO the_AT Internet_NN1 as_II an_AT1 unwanted_JJ intrusion_NN1 ?_? 
The_AT personal_JJ trajectories_NN2 of_IO Kael_NP1 and_CC Sarris_NP1 suggest_VV0 to_II me_PPIO1 that_CST the_AT great_JJ film_NN1 critics_NN2 reconcile_VV0 cultism_NN1 and_CC careerism_NN1 in_II a_AT1 productive_JJ tension_NN1 that_CST makes_VVZ either-or_CC hierarchies_NN2 meaningless_JJ ._. 
More_RGR practically_RR ,_, their_APPGE oeuvres_NN2 demonstrate_VV0 that_CST critics_NN2 work_VV0 best_RRT when_CS they_PPHS2 're_VBR able_JK to_TO write_VVI in_II a_AT1 range_NN1 of_IO formats_NN2 that_CST vary_VV0 widely_RR in_II length_NN1 ,_, rhetorical_JJ style_NN1 ,_, and_CC presumed_JJ audience_NN1 ._. 
Kael_NP1 's_GE lightning-fast_JJ intelligence_NN1 and_CC rate_NN1 of_IO composition_NN1 made_VVD weekly_RR reviewing_VVG at_II The_AT New_JJ Yorker_NP1 a_AT1 gig_NN1 well_RR suited_VVN to_II her_APPGE temperament_NN1 ,_, but_CCB her_APPGE legacy_NN1 today_RT rests_VVZ equally_RR on_II the_AT long_JJ ,_, manifesto-like_JJ essays_NN2 where_RRQ she_PPHS1 tackled_VVD larger_JJR questions_NN2 of_IO industry_NN1 and_CC aesthetics_NN1 ._. 
Her_APPGE 1969_MC Harper_NP1 's_GE piece_NN1 "_" Trash_NN1 ,_, Art_NN1 ,_, and_CC the_AT Movies_NN2 "_" was_VBDZ 15,000_MC words_NN2 on_II --_JJ well_NN1 ,_, it_PPH1 's_VBZ not_XX so_RG easy_JJ to_TO synopsize_VVI ._. 
And_CC that_DD1 's_VBZ the_AT point_NN1 ._. 
What_DDQ print_VV0 glossy_JJ today_RT would_VM run_VVI an_AT1 essay_NN1 of_IO that_DD1 length_NN1 ,_, of_IO that_DD1 ambition_NN1 ?_? 
To_II what_DDQ magazine_NN1 would_VM a_AT1 contemporary_JJ Sarrisite_JJ turn_NN1 if_CS he_PPHS1 wished_VVD to_TO publish_VVI "_" Notes_NN2 on_II the_AT Auteur_NN1 Theory_NN1 in_II 2010_MC "_" ?_? 
Where_CS I_PPIS1 fully_RR sympathize_VV0 with_IW the_AT death-cult_JJ faction_NN1 is_VBZ in_II their_APPGE expressions_NN2 of_IO solidarity_NN1 with_IW newly_RR unemployed_JJ arts-section_JJ staffers_NN2 ._. 
I_PPIS1 ca_VM n't_XX imagine_VVI how_RRQ it_PPH1 feels_VVZ to_TO be_VBI decades_NNT2 into_II a_AT1 career_NN1 that_CST had_VHD once_RR promised_VVN tenure-like_JJ stability_NN1 only_RR to_TO have_VHI the_AT rug_NN1 pulled_VVN out_RP from_II under_II you_PPY ._. 
It_PPH1 's_VBZ tragic_JJ ._. 
The_AT trolling_JJ schadenfreude_NN1 that_CST greets_VVZ every_AT1 departure_NN1 is_VBZ disgusting_JJ ,_, the_AT arguments_NN2 asserting_VVG critics_NN2 '_GE social_JJ worthlessness_NN1 usually_RR moronic_JJ ._. 
(_( There_EX 's_VBZ always_RR an_AT1 enterprising_JJ scholar_NN1 who_PNQS discovers_VVZ that_DD1 "_" critic_NN1 "_" is_VBZ etymologically_RR related_VVN to_TO "_" criticize_VVI ._. "_" 
QED_FW &hellip;_... 
)_) But_CCB the_AT degree_NN1 to_II which_DDQ these_DD2 layoffs_NN2 have_VH0 occasioned_VVN reflections_NN2 on_II criticism_NN1 's_GE future_NN1 has_VHZ distorted_VVN the_AT analysis_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ often_RR reads_VVZ like_II the_AT ex_RR31 post_RR32 facto_RR33 rationalization_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 gut_NN1 reaction_NN1 ._. 
What_DDQ of_IO the_AT idea_NN1 that_CST this_DD1 period_NN1 of_IO destruction_NN1 might_VM lead_VVI to_II a_AT1 phoenix-like_JJ resurrection_NN1 ?_? 
Can_VM you_PPY even_RR suggest_VVI that_DD1 without_IW sounding_VVG like_II a_AT1 total_JJ cad_NN1 ?_? 
In_RR21 general_RR22 ,_, journalism_NN1 's_GE existential_JJ crisis_NN1 has_VHZ been_VBN overplayed_VVN ._. 
If_CS you_PPY control_VV0 for_IF the_AT wider_JJR recession_NN1 ,_, allow_VV0 for_IF the_AT mitigating_JJ number_NN1 of_IO positions_NN2 created_VVN by_II the_AT cybereconomy_NN1 ,_, and_CC believe_VV0 (_( as_CSA I_PPIS1 do_VD0 )_) that_CST the_AT future_NN1 of_IO online_JJ advertising_NN1 is_VBZ considerably_RR undersold_VV0 ,_, then_RT the_AT outlook_NN1 goes_VVZ from_II hopeless_JJ to_TO just_RR bad_JJ ._. 
Within_II the_AT next_MD decade_NNT1 ,_, the_AT news_NN1 industry_NN1 will_VM find_VVI a_AT1 solution_NN1 to_II its_APPGE revenue_NN1 problem_NN1 ._. 
(_( My_APPGE personal_JJ theory_NN1 is_VBZ that_DD1 digital_JJ editions_NN2 of_IO well-established_JJ brands_NN2 will_VM be_VBI bundled_VVN into_II cable_NN1 TV_NN1 -_- like_II packages_NN2 ._. )_) 
If_CS this_DD1 confidence_NN1 sounds_VVZ naive_JJ ,_, it_PPH1 's_VBZ arguably_RR quite_RG cynical_JJ :_: a_AT1 belief_NN1 that_CST the_AT Web_NN1 's_GE open-source_JJ revolution_NN1 will_VM inevitably_RR get_VVI scaled_VVN back_RP in_II the_AT finance-directed_JJ counterrevolution_NN1 to_TO come_VVI ._. 
Capitalism_NN1 always_RR finds_VVZ a_AT1 way_NN1 ._. 
But_CCB here_RL 's_VBZ a_AT1 reality_NN1 check_NN1 :_: the_AT system_NN1 currently_RR being_VBG restructured_VVN was_VBDZ n't_XX a_AT1 particularly_RR great_JJ system_NN1 to_TO begin_VVI with_IW ._. 
And_CC critics_NN2 know_VV0 this_DD1 ._. 
They_PPHS2 've_VH0 been_VBN complaining_VVG about_II it_PPH1 for_IF 30_MC years_NNT2 ._. 
When_CS Hollywood_NP1 treats_VVZ formal_JJ ambition_NN1 and_CC dramatic_JJ complexity_NN1 as_CSA specialty-division_JJ afterthoughts_NN2 ,_, when_CS foreign_JJ releases_NN2 are_VBR ghettoized_VVN in_II a_AT1 handful_NN1 of_IO big_JJ cities_NN2 ,_, when_CS readers_NN2 are_VBR defined_VVN by_II their_APPGE indifference_NN1 --_NN1 that_CST 's_VBZ a_AT1 situation_NN1 where_RRQ dozens_NNO2 of_IO professional_JJ critics_NN2 expend_VV0 their_APPGE collective_JJ intelligence_NN1 finding_VVG new_JJ ways_NN2 to_TO snark_VVI about_II Brett_NP1 Ratner_NP1 's_GE hackwork_NN1 or_CC Michael_NP1 Bay_NN1 's_GE inhumanity_NN1 (_( worthy_JJ causes_NN2 both_RR ,_, but_CCB hardly_RR the_AT pinnacle_NN1 of_IO cultural_JJ commentary_NN1 )_) ._. 
What_DDQ of_IO criticism_NN1 's_GE other_JJ functions_NN2 :_: proselytizing_VVG on_II31 behalf_II32 of_II33 the_AT creatively_RR triumphant_JJ but_CCB commercially_RR marginal_JJ ;_; trawling_VVG through_II cinema_NN1 's_GE back_NN1 catalogues_NN2 in_II31 search_II32 of_II33 unappreciated_JJ masterpieces_NN2 ;_; placing_VVG movies_NN2 within_II the_AT broader_JJR narratives_NN2 of_IO intellectual_JJ history_NN1 ;_; transforming_VVG personal_JJ taste_NN1 into_II an_AT1 essayistic_JJ art_NN1 unto_II itself_PPX1 ?_? 
In_II the_AT commodified_JJ columns_NN2 of_IO newspaper_NN1 reviews_NN2 ,_, such_DA practices_NN2 have_VH0 been_VBN the_AT exception_NN1 ,_, not_XX the_AT rule_NN1 ._. 
To_TO eulogize_VVI film_NN1 criticism_NN1 's_GE past_NN1 is_VBZ ultimately_RR to_TO betray_VVI it_PPH1 ._. 
As_CSA Oscar_NP1 Wilde_NP1 once_RR wrote_VVD ,_, "_" It_PPH1 is_VBZ only_RR the_AT modern_JJ that_CST ever_RR becomes_VVZ old-fashioned_JJ ._. "_" 
The_AT digital_JJ present_JJ --_JJ inchoate_NN1 ,_, sprawling_JJ ,_, volatile_JJ ,_, but_CCB very_RG much_DA1 alive_JJ --_NN1 holds_VVZ out_RP a_AT1 pulse-quickening_JJ promise_NN1 :_: the_AT next_MD golden_JJ age_NN1 may_VM be_VBI just_RR a_AT1 few_DA2 clicks_NN2 away_RL ._. 
