This @tnyfrontrow essay on Mank, Orson Welles, and Pauline Kael is great. I have to say, I think the backlash against Kael's Raising Kane has gone too far and overlooks the valuable criticism in the book.https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/herman-mankiewicz-pauline-kael-and-the-battle-over-citizen-kane?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&mbid=social_twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_brand=tny …
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@tnyfrontrow mentions, the Peter Bogdanovich rebuttal of Kael was heavily shaped by Welles himself. That seems as dodgy as anything Kael is accused of.5 replies 4 retweets 26 likesShow this thread -
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If Alice Munro co-wrote with me an attack on you where the only byline was from me, it would seem dodgy.
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