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New Poll - To crit or not to crit

Mon, 21 July 2003, 03:37 pm
crgwllms18 posts in thread
I don't know whether this suggestion was prompted by a recent production...?

"You see a show;you have friends in it. You think it was crap. Do you congratulate everyone and publish nothing? Yes/No. "




There are probably other options not catered for in this poll, but which may bear discussion here.


The Poll-tergeist

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Re: Criticisim or Critique

Tue, 22 July 2003, 02:05 pm
I do recall a time when reviews in the local rags were actually interesting to read with energy and vibrance. Nowadays, the only reviews that have any energy and passion are those done by reviewers with a reputation for bagging things, or those columnists that talk beautifully and with a tongue firmly in their cheek about issues that really boil down to very little to do with anything.

Is this a sad side-effect of Politically correctness? Are we all becoming to "scared" about upsetting someone else less we get sued for defamation? Ad nauseum. Are we all victims of persona grata? People pleasing? Or maybe were are all perpetrators of it instead.

Are there truely victims? But I digress.

Jeff "Off Track" Watkins

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