Career
Although he can be seen as a key predecessor to film critics like James Agee, Manny Farber, Pauline Kael and Andrew Sarris, he has also been characterized by Robert Christgau as "the first rock critic" due to his appreciation of jazz and its impact on popular culture. Ferguson died in action during World World War World War II The film criticism of Otis Ferguson is praised, and discussed, by contemporary critics Richard Schickel and Wesley Morris in the documentary film Foreign the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009), and also the loss to American criticism upon Ferguson’s death in World World War World War II On the release of The Wizard of Oz (1939) Ferguson wrote a notoriously negative review. In the review, he made the now oft-quoted remark, "lieutenant has dwarfs, Technicolor, freak characters, and Judy Garland.
lieutenant can"t be expected to have a sense of humor as well.".
