ANIMADVERSIONS OF A "LOOKIST" CRITIC by John Simon

In The New York Times Book Review of September 25, Maureen Dowd reviewed Roger Ebert's autobiographical "Life Itself." The highly favorable notice contained the following: "Ebert tries to avoid gossip and 'hurtful' comments about actors. 'I feel repugnance for the critic John Simon, who made it a specialty to attack the way actors look,' he writes. 'They can't help how they look, any more than John Simon can help loo…

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