From: "hugh bone" <hbone-AT-optonline.net>
Subject: Re: What's wrong with mainstream sensibilities?
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 13:43:51 -0500


Martha,

We subscribers are the ones who are interested in the opinions of yourself
and others - when the media issue "bests" they are anticipating the Academy.
No one has to agree with the Academy.

Some judgements and explanations of their basis are interesting,
some aren't.

Hugh
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> i've always been much more comfortable with "favorite" as opposed to
"best."
> who are we to decide what is "best"?  on what are we to base that
judgment?
>
> martha
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> >
> > I'm left wondering what the word "best" means here. What are we
> > talking about?
> > The "best" movies of 2000? I have no idea what that means. Fill
> > me in on the
> > lowest paid employee on the payroll, then maybe we can talk about
> > "best" and
> > "worst" films of 2000.>
>
>
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