"momanem" at the Oscars

Benjamin Zimmer bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
Mon Feb 23 03:39:41 UTC 2009


At the Oscars, Will Smith (raised in West and Northwest Philadelphia) just
introduced the category of sound mixing with the following:

"Sound mixers have been called the superheroes of post-production -- and not
just by their momanem. Other people say it too."


--Ben Zimmer

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