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A.O. Scott

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  • Notable Online

Notable Online: 6/21–6/27

  • Ian MacAllen
  • June 21, 2020
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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  • Notable New York

Notable NYC: 2/4–2/10

  • Ian MacAllen
  • February 4, 2017
Saturday 2/4: John Domini and Carole Firstman celebrate releases from Dzanc Books. KGB Bar, 7 p.m., free. Cecilia Corrigan and Wendy Trevino join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5.…
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Office Space, the Final Frontier

  • Adam Keller
  • August 12, 2016
In A.O. Scott’s eyes, summer blockbusters and workplace sitcoms aren’t that different these days: Part of what makes work tolerable is the idea that it is heroic, the fantasy that…
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The Benefits of Criticism

  • Jake Slovis
  • February 10, 2016
Megha Majumdar interviews A. O. Scott for Electric Literature. In addition to discussing Scott’s debut book Better Living Through Criticism, the two explore why criticism matters in a time when American anti-intellectualism “is…
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Eating at the Table of Another

  • Roxie Pell
  • February 9, 2016
The critic giveth and he taketh away. In his review of Better Living Through Criticism, Jonathon Sturgeon counters A.O. Scott’s aversion to the idea of the critic as parasite: Maybe…
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Haters Gonna Hate

  • Roxie Pell
  • October 6, 2015
Some movies just aren’t all that good. A.O. Scott makes the case for film snobbery: You see the problem. “Snob” is a category in which nobody would willingly, or at…
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  • Other

Who Was Your First Kiss?

  • Alex Norcia
  • December 12, 2014
At the New York Times Magazine, A.O. Scott covers “A Brief History of Kissing in Movies.”
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  • Other

Is Our Art Failing Us?

  • Alex Norcia
  • December 4, 2014
In his “Cross Cuts” column for the New York Times, A.O. Scott explains how, “in the midst of [our] hard times,” he feels as if “art is failing us.” Following…
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Henry James & The Great YA Debate

  • Alex Norcia
  • September 25, 2014
Responding to the ongoing debate about whether or not American literature is saturated with young adult fiction (and if adults should read these novels), Christopher Beha, in the New Yorker,…
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  • Other

Patriarchy’s Slow Unwinding

  • Alex Norcia
  • September 18, 2014
For the New York Times Magazine, A.O. Scott argues about the “slow unwinding” of patriarchy in American culture, drawing on modern television, history, and literature. In part responding to Ruth…
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Eating Your “Cultural Vegetables”

  • Sam Riley
  • June 6, 2011
Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott evaluate what is boring and why, in the context of film. They discuss the films that are deemed boring because they don’t distract enough from…
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