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Which, if Culturebox was illustrating a point, rather than manufacturing a conceit, was it: that these two extreme of contrarian critical opinion--Maslin's brittle cheerfulness and Siegel's apocalyptic dourness--have somehow brought their holders to the same lonely place.
If Culturebox were making a point, rather than manufacturing a conceit, it would be this: that these two extremes of contrarian opinion--Maslin's brittle cheerfulness and Siegel's apocalyptic dourness--have somehow brought their holders to the same lonely place.