Kenneth Turan Recalls Judith Crist, the Columbia Journalism Teacher
For decades, the late Judith Crist taught film reviewing at Columbia University in New York. Among her many former students is LA Times critic Kenneth Turan, who in the wake of her death Tuesday pays touching tribute to her gifts as a mentor.
One of Crist’s repeated bits of classroom advice was, “Resist the temptation to sell your grandmother down the river for a good line.” Even though she herself was known for her classic put-downs. In some ways, what Crist engineered on campus stands as a larger legacy than what she accomplished as a writer:
Though she was not the only critic who taught, no one passed on the art and craft of journalistic reviewing with as much passion or longevity as she did.
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