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#1

Charles 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

Updated On: 4/18/17 at 06:18 AM

#2

Charles 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?

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.
#3

Charles 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.
#4

Charles 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.
#5

Charles 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.

#6

Charles 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.
#9

Charles 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."
#10

Charles 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
#11

Charles 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."
#12

Charles 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.



"

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
#13

Charles 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
#15

Charles 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. ^^^

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