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The Richest Woman in TownElvis Mitchell Literally Laughs at the Idea of Becoming a Full-Time Critic Again
Mitchell currently works as the host of the superb radio interview series "The Treatment" and as the curator of Film Independent's screenings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and yesterday he talked about both gigs in an inteview with Mediabistro. The piece included an interesting exchange in which writer Richard Horgan asked Mitchell if he'd ever consider going back to work at a daily newspaper. Here's what was said:
Would you ever consider, if the opportunity arose, returning to the ranks of a daily newspaper film critic?
[Laughs] The workload for a film critic today is just so Herculean. They're writing reviews, they're blogging and they're doing extra things for the Web. And, with movies that are based on books, you want to at least give the book a thumb-through and prepare. Add in film festivals and I'm not sure how people in the profession can keep up with it today. It's just shattering now, the workload.
I love that he literally laughed at the question. Newspaper critic? Surely you jest! I love that he's so honest about why, too: no thanks, too much work.
Is a film critic's workload too "shattering" these days? I don't think so, provided you're cool with never seeing or speaking to your loved ones and don't particularly care for sleep. What's the guy complaining about?
Read more of "So What Do You Do, Elvis Mitchell?"
2 Comments
Hassan Fuckry (@DLYDJ) | December 31, 2012 1:08 PM
Is there a way to continue to critique without needed to take 5 Hour Energy drinks to compete with the competition?
jingmei | November 24, 2012 10:36 AM
The awkward moments when he co-hosted last Indie Spirit Awards red carpet with that superficial fashionworld woman (maybe from yahoo), streamed online via Yahoo!, was just impressive. Better not to make him the films geek pro do host thing with people who are from different world again.