Tough week for âCitizen Kaneâ! Letâs hope its reputation can survive it.
On Sundayâs lowest-rated Academy Awards ceremony ever, âMankâ â director David Fincherâs Netflix project about Herman J. Mankiewicz, the primary textual author of director, star and credited co-writer Orson Wellesâs 1941 debut feature â won two Oscars. Thatâs double the number âCitizen Kaneâ won. (Mankiewicz and Welles shared the original screenplay award.)
Then, on Tuesday, word got out on Twitter about a cruel but honest adjustment made early last month to the hallowed 100% âfreshâ score attached to âCitizen Kaneâ on the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes.
Rotten Tomatoes downgrades Citizen Kane to a 99; critic responsible missing, presumed nonexistent
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Rotten Tomatoes downgrades Citizen Kane, citing Chicago Tribune review
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A: For emergency transport of the sick and injured, there were only two ambulances available in the county in 1953. In the eastern part of Cecil, the Singerly Fire Company ambulance served a large region, while the Maryland State Police Barrack at Conowingo operated a unit along the Susquehanna. Concerned about the availability of emergency service, merchants and people in North East donated money to the town, enabling the Mayor and Commissioners to acquire a combination police cruiser and ambulance in 1953. And on a June day of that year, Officer Otis Ferguson started patrolling the town, keeping an eye on things. But if a medical emergency occurred, he was right there to provide transport to Union Hospital or some other hospital. Three years later, the North East Fire Company bought a Buick ambulance and took over responsibility for providing emergency medical transport in the North East area.