Word: criticism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Architect and cultural critic Rem Koolhass criticized New Urbanism and planned communities Friday at a panel at the Graduate School of Design...
DIED. JOHN EHRLICHMAN, 73, pugnacious Nixon domestic-affairs adviser and leak plugger who was imprisoned for his role in Watergate; after a battle with diabetes; in Atlanta. Disbarred for his crimes, which included planning the break-in at the office of the psychiatrist who treated Vietnam War critic Daniel Ellsberg, Ehrlichman later wrote novels, worked at an engineering firm, and often insisted the scandal was overblown...
DIED. GENE SISKEL, 53, movie critic who, with Roger Ebert, formed the incompatible but entertaining duo of reviewers whose "two thumbs-up" was among the most coveted symbols of approval in Hollywood; nine months after brain surgery; near Chicago. More laid-back than Ebert, Siskel was no less combative. They did not like each other in real life, and their onscreen skirmishes, first aired on the hugely popular Sneak Previews on PBS, became emblems of pop consumerism: biting but sound-bite-size nuggets of ego and intellection...
Mockery? Well, obviously. But Gene Siskel never let some petty stunt like this affect him. Always the consummate professional, Siskel continued to appear week after week on his show, continued to remain true to his craft. Gene Siskel was a critic--sometimes brutally honest, sometimes overflowing with praise...
...Gene Siskel was indeed a journalist, not just a critic as many would believe. Although he was probably best-known for his movie reviews on Siskel & Ebert, he was also a contributor to CBS This Morning, a nationally-televised show on which he delivered outstanding interviews with some of Hollywood's top directors. These were meaty interviews about the state of the motion picture industry, art in the 1990s and different players' roles within--none of this "Who designed your dress? Oscar de la Renta?" garbage that seems to pass for arts reporting on several less-reputable "entertainment news" shows...