He was the last of his type. No media critic of any kind will ever have that kind of influence.
A great film critic.
An irritating lib in all other matters, yes.
But a great critic.
You know you’re right? I really don’t think Perez Hilton will measure up! :)
He was also the first of his type: the nationally influential movie critic. A lot reviewers want to be the journalistic heir to Roger Ebert. None of theme are anywhere in his league. Roger knew a lot, saw a lot, and could write well.
So I’m sorry to see him go, but not particularly sad. I remember his outrage back in 2008 over seeing pictures of Obama dressed as a Nazi and swore no liberal had possibly stooped so low over Bush. Posters to his blog made sure he got an education on how low liberals could go before one day had passed.