Shot:
Stanley Kauffmann, writing in 1960 about Spartacus: "Spartacus is a trap for snobs. They assume that because it is a costume drama three and a half hours long and has seven stars and a cast of many thousands, it must ipso facto be bad. In proof, it is an entertaining show. It is only occasionally tedious, a bit too gory and somewhat pompous about its thematic impertinence; but in direction, acting, writing, editing, use of color, and general whammo, it is one thousand statute miles ahead of its most recent competitor, Ben-Hur."
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