Illiterate critics...

We have a local theatre critic who doesn't know what the term "book by..." in the program credits for a musical means. When we did "The Rink" with "Book by Terrence McNally, Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb", he put in his review that Kander & Ebb based their musical on a novel by Terrence McNally.

what bothers me so far in that review is them calling La Vie Boheme horrible.


EDIT: i love how they go on trashing the movie for pretty much the entire article then give it a B-

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Updated On: 11/26/05 at 12:23 PM

(Anthony Rapp is one of the main problems with this film, his voice is like nails on a chalkboard and he's featured on an large number of the songs)

ouch.

edit: not to mention the grammar. oy.

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Updated On: 11/26/05 at 12:26 PM

As if the Teeny-boppers weren't enough...

Anyone notice how he said, "broadway," then later he said, "Broadway?" And the few comma mistakes? Oh, my. What is this world coming to today?

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ddtruitt, I thought Idina was fantastic in Tango: Maureen. It's probably the first time the woman has danced in her life, I've heard her say time and time again that "I can't dance." Obviously, she was no technical master, but I think she moved EXTREMELY well, and she was very taunting, teasing, and flirty. I thought she was the highlight of the number.

I agree about the commitment ceremony.

Mark is very underwritten in the film. Without his narration, "Halloween," and the second half of "Goodbye, Love," I feel like we lose A LOT of him.

The Angel/Collins relationship was alright for me in the film, but I've always felt one of Ret's flaws is that is tried, but never really succeeded at making Angel the model figure for it's main message. The film didn't do much to help, but I think Wilson did a FANTASTIC job of doing a lot with the little he had.

Updated On: 11/26/05 at 01:07 PM

Or maybe he's allowed to forget the name of the theater after a few years.

"the moments that work - really work, and work really well"

*wince*
It's one thing for me to have to proofread the papers of my classmates, but someone like this should a.) have better English skills, and b.) hire a new editor.
She doesn't really seem to understand what's going on in the film OR the show.

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Uh, to be fair, I don't think daily newspapers have full-time factcheckers. There's just too much content coming in in too little time for them to do that kind of research on every single article. There's editors, of course, but I think dailies rely a lot more on their writers to do their own checking. It's weekly and monthly publications that have the time to check everything.

*deep, calming breaths*

How do people like this end up with jobs in writing? I really don't understand. Before she goes publicly criticizing movies in writing, you'd think she'd make sure she had a basic grasp of sentence structure.

As for the comment on Anthony, I just have to tell myself that the first time around I wasn't his biggest fan, either. For me, he took a few listens before his voice gained a permanent place in my heart. But nails on a chalkboard? That was a little harsh.

Someone should send her the URL of this thread.

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