Babbit
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This film, directed by Jamie Babbit, tackled a serious subject with campy comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2017
That can manifest in a lot of problematic ways, including trying to pretend they know what they’re doing, or just being spineless creatures, as opposed to a Jamie Babbit, who has nothing but spine.
From Time ● Oct. 1, 2015
Ms. Babbit also happens to be behind some of my favorite episodes of “Gilmore Girls,” a master class in family drama, so pairing her with the material here was an inspired choice.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2015
Novels like F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Sinclair Lewis’s Babbit portrayed wealth and the self-made man in America, albeit in a critical fashion.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
A plaster cast from this model is used as a pattern for a casting in fine iron, which can be executed by Babbit at Boston, as well as at the celebrated foundries at Berlin.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart
