Ellen Meiksins Woody Allen

[Keaney Michael <michael.keaney@xxxxxx>]

Louis Proyect writes:

One of the explanations for the poor quality of Woody Allen's movies, Saul
Bellow's novels, etc., is that when you become a mega-star, an editor or
critic has a tendency to fawn over everything that is produced because of
prior reputation. Since these artists are ego-driven to begin with, you
can't expect them to correct themselves.

Is it any different with our academic Marxist superstars like Brenner and
Wood? With a lifetime of blue ribbon awards and graduate students showering
adulation on them, we must expect a decline in self-critical awareness.

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How does this square with your earlier criticism of peer review as the
residue of the katheder?

Michael K.