A quizzical review of a review of a book...
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1 August
A quizzical review of a review of a book...
‘A Century of Hitchcock’ Review: All Eyes on Alfred: https://t.co/1UtgbcOhhA pic.twitter.com/NESrXlIImp
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¹ I.e. Seemingly because they're no longer alive, referring per se to Taylor, Spoto and Hitchcock, but to Mr. Moral (the author whose book 'A Century of Hitchcock' is reviewed) and Ms. Hedren.
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² John Russell Taylor’s 'Hitch : The Life and Times of Alfred Hitchcock' (1978).
Para. 3, for example, closes 'Mr. Moral’s challenges regarding Spoto’s negative portrait cannot be ignored'.
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Accordingly, must it appear that the reviewer's written the sentence quoted³ just to preseve, as an intact quotation. Tony Lee Moral's phrase 'perpetuated by the media' ?
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