Charles Isherwood playing shade to NYT?
Charles Isherwood playing shade to NYT?
Q3
Swing Joined: 4/17/17
#1Charles Isherwood playing shade to NYT?
Posted: 4/18/17 at 6:18am
I know Charles Isherwood has had rough lately . But does he actually believe his last two reviews or is he just being opposite to Ben of NYT. I understand this is has been a terrible time for him. But do you think he is writing is currently legit or is he just being a troll?
I do love Groundhog Day but what ever Ben wrote about Amile or Groundhog he seems to be the opposite. I just found that odd
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2Charles Isherwood playing shade to NYT?
Posted: 4/18/17 at 6:24am
And just how would he know what was being said ahead if time just to be contrary? Why? What would he possibly gain by it?
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Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#3Charles Isherwood playing shade to NYT?
Posted: 4/18/17 at 6:26am
Ben's feelings for Groundhog Day were not a secret. He approved of it in London.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#4Charles Isherwood playing shade to NYT?
Posted: 4/18/17 at 6:28am
And he's also been known to have a change of heart once a show gets here.....so....
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#5Charles Isherwood playing shade to NYT?
Posted: 4/18/17 at 9:00am
Ben doesn't often have a change of heart, and he LOVED the show in London. Not just liked it. And besides that, I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Isherwood were the type of catty queen to have two reviews ready to print just so he could have the opposite of whatever Brantley says.
#6Charles Isherwood playing shade to NYT?
Posted: 4/18/17 at 9:04am
You don't play shade, you throw it.
And for shade to have impact, people have to read your review first.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#7Charles Isherwood playing shade to NYT?
Posted: 4/18/17 at 9:08am
Isherwood has always been bitter. About everything.
#8Charles Isherwood playing shade to NYT?
Posted: 4/18/17 at 9:42am
For what it's worth, they both agreed on War Paint
#9Charles Isherwood playing shade to NYT?
Posted: 4/18/17 at 9:43am
Well, Brantley was far more critical of Sweat and Significant Other, two shows Isherwood had championed off-Broadway.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#10Charles Isherwood playing shade to NYT?
Posted: 4/18/17 at 9:49am
I've never been a fan of Isherwood's writing, and I have no idea what his intentions are these days, but the quality of the writing has declined even further since he started writing for this new platform. And the other woman's reviews are virtually unreadable. Isherwood's hiring always seemed like a tongue-in-cheek stunt for this website to get some fast publicity--I wonder how long it's going to last.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#11Charles Isherwood playing shade to NYT?
Posted: 4/18/17 at 9:50am
I think Isherwood overestimated the worth of his name alone when it is separated from the Times.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#12Charles Isherwood playing shade to NYT?
Posted: 4/18/17 at 9:55am
Kad said: "I think Isherwood overestimated the worth of his name alone when it is separated from the Times.
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No question. And it doesn't particularly help that he was never the most well-liked person to begin with.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#13Charles Isherwood playing shade to NYT?
Posted: 4/18/17 at 9:58am
wonderfulwizard11 said: "You don't play shade, you throw it."
Thank you for the correction. I saw the thread title and immediately opened it to post that it is thrown!
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#14Charles Isherwood playing shade to NYT?
Posted: 4/18/17 at 10:06am
Shouldn't we just let him slip into well-deserved total obscurity?
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#15Charles Isherwood playing shade to NYT?
Posted: 4/18/17 at 10:35am
newintown said: "Shouldn't we just let him slip into well-deserved total obscurity?"
^^^ This. ^^^
#16Charles Isherwood playing shade to NYT?
Posted: 4/18/17 at 11:06am
Where are you guys reading his reviews now that hes left the NY Times?
Updated On: 4/18/17 at 11:06 AM
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#17Charles Isherwood playing shade to NYT?
Posted: 4/18/17 at 11:08am
helvizz said: "Where are you guys reading his crítica now that hes left the NY Times?"
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