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Talkie Talk # 50: Life Itself / Criticizing Criticism

Published: Oct. 6, 2017, 4 p.m.

In this week's entry, we talk about our homework assignment (the Roger Ebert documentary Life Itself) - talking about the famed movie critic has us branching out into discussing Criticism in general - in movies, TV and games. What is the role of criticism in our media digest? How do/should we consider aggregated criticism (Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic)? And who criticizes the critic?? ... Us, apparently. All questions are answered and we figure out everything. > Direct podcast RSS feed: here!  > Contact: email, Facebook (movies, TV, games), and Twitter! > Check out The Media By Us Facebook Page too! > Review us on iTunes, Google Play, or anywhere! Homework Assignment: Life Itself (0:50) Main Topic: Breaking down Criticism (18:55) New Homework: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Netflix) (1:08:09) Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante. > Intro theme courtesy of The Willow Walkers > Outro song "Extemporaneous  Birth" courtesy of Boo Reefa