J. Hoberman
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James Lewis Hoberman (born March 14, 1949)[1][2] is an American film critic, journalist,[3] author and academic. He began working at The Village Voice in the 1970s, became a full-time staff writer in 1983, and was the newspaper's senior film critic from 1988 to 2012.[4] In 1981, he coined the term "vulgar modernism" to describe the "looney" fringes of American popular culture (e.g. the animators Tex Avery and Chuck Jones, MAD Magazine, TV pioneer Ernie Kovacs and the films of Frank Tashlin).[5][6][7]
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Born | James Lewis Hoberman (1949-03-14) March 14, 1949 (age 75) New York City, U.S. |
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Education | Binghamton University (BA) Columbia University (MFA) |
Period | 1977–present |
Subject | Film |
Children | 2 |
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j-hoberman.com |
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