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Janet Maslin

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The Resume

    (August 12, 1949- )
    Born in New York, New York
    Film and literary critic for 'The New York Times'

Why she might be annoying:

    She divorced record producer Jon Landau.
    She fawned over the 1997 film 'Titanic.'
    In fact, many accused her of nepotism when she reviewed the film because her ex-husband Landau co-produced it.
    She had to avoid the use of pronouns to keep the secret throughout a 1,350-word profile of the androgynously named actor Jaye Davidson.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She graduated from the University of Rochester with a degree in mathematics.
    She began her career as a rock music critic for 'The Boston Phoenix' and 'Rolling Stone.'
    She was a jury panel member at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.
    She famously dissed Allan Carr's production of the 1989 Oscars saying it 'deserves a permanent place in the annals of Oscar embarrassments.'

Credit: Birdienest81


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 141 Votes: 61.70% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying