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Critique: 'Citizen Kane'

My first entry into the Critique 50 word challenge

By Sean PatrickPublished 3 years ago • 1 min read

Confidence… Con-Man… Confidence Man. With the right amount of confidence a man can win the world. Break that confidence, and you can ruin that same man just as easily. This, for me, is the essence of Orson Welles’ masterpiece Citizen Kane. Kane was a con-man who ended up conning himself.

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Sean Patrick

Hello, my name is Sean Patrick He/Him, and I am a film critic and podcast host for the I Hate Critics Movie Review Podcast I am a voting member of the Critics Choice Association, the group behind the annual Critics Choice Awards.

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