Today
For Shame
What kind of theatre critic has to remind themselves to be open to experiment? What kind of critic is so unaware of how ludicrous this is that they don’t even keep it to themselves? This kind of critic, that’s who.
It’s a hilarious list. He admits to having seen only three movies. Fair enough, he regrets this. But then he pompously adds, ‘I feel particularly ignorant about recent non-Hollywood cinema, especially the exciting work coming out of Iran’. No chum, you’re ignorant about all cinema: you’ve seen three films in a year.
He then successively admits to having seen few art shows, modern dance, and modern fiction. He trots out the nonsensical cliche that you can’t understand Chekhov’s plays without reading his short stories (why?). continue reading … »
