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Nathan Rabin (; born April 24, 1976) is an American film and music critic.〔(The Onion's Nathan Rabin ) Time Magazine〕 A graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Rabin was the first head writer for ''The A.V. Club'',〔(Articles by Nathan Rabin ) at ''The AV Club''〕 a position he held until he left the ''Onion'' organization in 2013.〔(An Update from the AV Club ) ''The AV Club'' April 26, 2013〕 In 2013, Rabin became a staff writer for The Dissolve, a film website operated by Pitchfork Media.〔("Introducing The Dissolve, A New Film Site" ), Pitchfork Media, May 30, 2013〕 On April 29, 2015, Rabin announced he had parted ways with The Dissolve.〔(Facebook Post Regarding Rabin Leaving The Dissolve. ), Facebook, April 30th, 2015〕 He has since returned to ''The AV Club'' as a freelance writer. ==Life and career== He coined the phrase manic pixie dream girl as a cinematic type in 2007.〔(Manic Pixie Dream Girls: A Cinematic Scourge? ) All Things Considered, October 9, 2008〕 He was a panelist on the short-lived basic cable show "Movie Club with John Ridley" on American Movie Classics. In 2007, he began My Year of Flops on ''The A.V. Club'', where he reevaluated films that were shunned by critics, ignored by audiences, or both, at their time of release.〔('Onion' writer Nathan Rabin rewinds big-time for memoir ) ''USA Today'', July 6, 2009〕 As of January 2008, the year was finished, but he continued the project as a bimonthly feature. Other ongoing features Rabin wrote for ''The A.V. Club'' include Dispatches From Direct-To-DVD Purgatory, a tongue-in-cheek look at DVD premieres; reviews for TV shows like ''Louie''; Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club,〔(Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club ) at the AV Club〕 a humorous exploration of trashy books about entertainment; and Ephemereview, which offers critiques of sub-reviewable pop-culture detritus. Rabin released his memoir in 2009, ''The Big Rewind: A Memoir Brought To You By Pop Culture'', (2009, ISBN 978-1-4165-5620-6) which was published by Scribner.〔(The Big Rewind: A Memoir Brought To You By Pop Culture ) promotional page at Simon & Schuster〕 ''The Washington Post'' gave the book a negative review, calling it a "...failed project is brought to you by pop culture."〔(The Layers of a Pungent Life ) The Washington Post〕 while ''The New York Times'' wrote, "() has packed (Big Rewind ) like a cannon, full of caustic wit and bruised feelings" in its more positive review.〔(Memories of a Train Wreck Diverted ) The New York Times, July 21, 2009〕 The book uses novels such as ''The Great Gatsby'', musical recordings such as ''The Charm of the Highway Strip'' by The Magnetic Fields and other pop culture items as a springboard to discuss its author's tragi-comic adolescence as a guest of a mental hospital, a foster family whose patience and generosity he jokes "knew only strict, unyielding boundaries" and the Jewish Children's Bureau group home system as well as his career with ''The A.V. Club'' and the short-lived film review show ''Movie Club With John Ridley'' which he appeared on.〔 The book ends with a chapter about Rabin's unsuccessful audition to fill in for Roger Ebert as a guest critic on ''At the Movies''. Scribner also published a book version of ''My Year of Flops'' (2010, ISBN 1-4391-5312-4).〔("My Year of Flops" ) promo page at Simon & Schuster〕 On April 23, 2013, ''The A.V. Club'' announced that Rabin, Tasha Robinson, Genevieve Koski, and Noel Murray would be leaving to start a new web-based project with former staffers Scott Tobias and Keith Phipps.〔 On May 30, 2013, this project was revealed to be The Dissolve.〔 In addition to criticism for The Dissolve, Rabin also wrote the biweekly feature Forgotbusters,〔(Forgotbusters ) at The Dissolve〕 a reexamination of now-culturally obscure Hollywood films whose box office grosses were among the top 25 of any film released in their year. Rabin is Jewish.〔(“A Better Kind of Scum”: An Interview with Nathan Rabin ) The Bygone Bureau, July 27, 2009〕 He grew up on the north side of Chicago〔(Movie Critic Nathan Rabin, The A.V. Club & The Dissolve ) ''True to Me Too''〕 and has described himself as "a longtime Chicago White Sox super-fan."〔(I Watched This On Purpose: ''Ed'' ) ''The A.V. Club'', December 16, 2009〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nathan Rabin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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