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...and Nathan Lee at the Village Voice becomes the latest film critic to bite the dust. The Reeler quotes Lee: In great Village Voice tradition, I was abruptly laid off today for "economic reasons." My employment at the paper ends immediately: someone else, alas, will be tasked with specifying the precise shade of periwinkle frosting atop the cupcakes in My Blueberry Nights. And so I am, as they say, "looking for work," though presumably not as a staff film critic as such jobs no longer appear to exist. There's some critic in-fighting in the comments; it's not a sandbox in which I want to play, but I'd like to say that as much as Mr. Lee's writing style rarely agreed with me, at least he obviously loved and was knowledgeable about film. + Lower Your Voice: Nathan Lee Laid Off For "Economic Reasons" (The Reeler)...
…and Nathan Lee at the Village Voice becomes the latest film critic to bite the dust. The Reeler quotes Lee:
In great Village Voice tradition, I was abruptly laid off today for “economic reasons.” My employment at the paper ends immediately: someone else, alas, will be tasked with specifying the precise shade of periwinkle frosting atop the cupcakes in My Blueberry Nights.
And so I am, as they say, “looking for work,” though presumably not as a staff film critic as such jobs no longer appear to exist.
There’s some critic in-fighting in the comments; it’s not a sandbox in which I want to play, but I’d like to say that as much as Mr. Lee’s writing style rarely agreed with me, at least he obviously loved and was knowledgeable about film.
+ Lower Your Voice: Nathan Lee Laid Off For “Economic Reasons” (The Reeler)
