Thanks for sharing the movies! I too am a Little Women 2019 truther.
I have noticed something interesting about this NYT list, as opposed to the books list from a while ago: no one is complaining about the specific people who were asked. Of course, this time they seemed to have asked mostly people who directly make movies (though they did also ask Curtis Sittenfeld, one of my favorite writers). But I remember how incensed commenters were that Sarah Jessica Parker, specifically, was asked to contribute to the books list. Never mind that she's a voracious reader, or that she runs an imprint that's published award-nominated books, or that her ballot blended in pretty well with everyone else's ... she was in Sex and the City and that disqualifies her from having a brain! Maybe there are fewer complaints about the movies list because books are a High Art and only the Most Qualified should be consulted?
Ooh, I love Curtis Sittenfeld as well! And I looooove Little Women 2019. I'm happy Lady Bird was here, but I absolutely would have included both movies.
Yeah, I'm actually wondering that as well now. I think there is something to this 'we think of books as less accessible than movies' idea. Maybe we assume film critics like the same movies we like, but book critics are somehow above us and reading something "more"?
Thanks for sharing the movies! I too am a Little Women 2019 truther.
I have noticed something interesting about this NYT list, as opposed to the books list from a while ago: no one is complaining about the specific people who were asked. Of course, this time they seemed to have asked mostly people who directly make movies (though they did also ask Curtis Sittenfeld, one of my favorite writers). But I remember how incensed commenters were that Sarah Jessica Parker, specifically, was asked to contribute to the books list. Never mind that she's a voracious reader, or that she runs an imprint that's published award-nominated books, or that her ballot blended in pretty well with everyone else's ... she was in Sex and the City and that disqualifies her from having a brain! Maybe there are fewer complaints about the movies list because books are a High Art and only the Most Qualified should be consulted?
Ooh, I love Curtis Sittenfeld as well! And I looooove Little Women 2019. I'm happy Lady Bird was here, but I absolutely would have included both movies.
Yeah, I'm actually wondering that as well now. I think there is something to this 'we think of books as less accessible than movies' idea. Maybe we assume film critics like the same movies we like, but book critics are somehow above us and reading something "more"?