Slog - Comments on Nathan Lee Dumped http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/nathan_lee_dumped The ever-shrinking pool of staff film critics at the Village Voice (and thus the Seattle Weekly, which gets nearly all of its film content from its sister papers in New York and LA) just got more parched: Nathan Lee has been laid off "for economic reasons." Here's The House Next Door and The Reeler (featuring some fratboy snark in the comments from one of Lee's colleagues).... Copyright 2008 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:54:46 -0800 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:58:48 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by arduous Dude the LA Weekly SUCKS big time now. It used to be awesome, but I can't read it anymore. It's really sad.

]]> arduous http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/nathan_lee_dumped#c979197 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/nathan_lee_dumped#c979197 Media Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:11:11 -0800 Comment by elenchos Economic reasons? That makes no sense. Why would a film critic need to know about economics?

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/nathan_lee_dumped#c979203 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/nathan_lee_dumped#c979203 Media Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:13:00 -0800 Comment by treacle No, no elenchos, you misunderstand. He got laid off because he DID understand economics ... he was a threat, so they took pre-emptive precautions.

Anyway, the VoiceMedia/Weekly don't need human film critics, they have robots for that.

]]> treacle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/nathan_lee_dumped#c979841 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/nathan_lee_dumped#c979841 Media Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:18:59 -0800 Comment by Adam zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I should give a shit

]]> Adam http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/nathan_lee_dumped#c980696 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/nathan_lee_dumped#c980696 Media Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:58:48 -0800