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Map of Dusk (The art of Victor Hugo)

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The big problem with small talk

21.05.12

When you're introduced as a critic at a gathering, you know that the others out there — the ones you will end up talking to for a few minutes as you wend your way around the room — are erupting in sighs of relief. Label yourself an accountant, and the stranger you are introduced to is left armed with little more than a broad smile and a hello. But with a critic, they're instantly equipped with a quiverful of questions: “Seen any good movies lately?” “What should I see?” “I've been hearing so much about this film — is it worth watching?” “What did you think about that film?

The questions, sometimes, come without a question mark, demanding an answer nonetheless. “I read your review and went to this film — the experience was like picking up after my poodle.” Or, “I read your review and avoided this film — it turned up later on TV and I thought it was the greatest thing created since the wheel.” Or, “I love your writing — let me wiggle out of this couture creation so that you can autograph me all over with a glitter-tipped marker.” Okay, I don't get that last bit a lot — but the others I've encountered in some shape or the other. And I'm asked, most often, some variant of this question: Why are our films so bad?

Source: The Hindu

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The big problem with small talk

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