If you can't make fun of bad movies on serious subjects, wh… - Pauline Kael

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If you can't make fun of bad movies on serious subjects, what's the point?

Pauline Kael

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Pauline Kael (June 19, 1919 – September 3, 2001) was an American film critic best remembered for the reviews she wrote for The New Yorker. Collections of her reviews were later published in book form.

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