Why a birthday tribute to Roger Ebert? You know, the Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated film critic and author of a kajillion books and screenplays and Forbes’ most powerful pundit in America and television movie criticism pioneer and film scholar and educator and winner of the Peter Lisagor Award for Arts Criticism and too many other honors to mention?
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| Roger Ebert (Self-Portrait, 2006) |
I can think of four reasons.
One, he has the wit and charm of Oscar Wilde.
Two, he has the encyclopedic knowledge of the imdb.com. (The professional version, not the free one.)
Three, he has the stamina of a marathon runner.
Four, he has — when it comes to star ratings — the generosity of Santa Claus.
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