There is a lot of talk these days about our city’s critics. The talk is both negative and positive. Most often the conversation fills me with more questions than anything else. One common scenario is that of the freshly blasted theaterite condemning the critic that just defecated all over his/her show. It is almost humorous to watch as the freshly anointed one goes through the ritual of “dissecting the review” and slowly but surely removing any trace of the critic being an experienced theatergoer, and rationalizing them into broom-carrying trolls who should not be allowed out of their crypts to attend our glorious productions.
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Question number 3: If you don’t like what the critics have to say or how they say it, or you just don’t like the process altogether, why do you go and invite them into your theater so they can tell everybody what they think?
N. Kenmore
