It's not personal so try not to take it personally
Tue, 4 July 2000, 11:56 amWalter Plinge3 posts in thread
It's not personal so try not to take it personally
Tue, 4 July 2000, 11:56 am>Jarrod wrote :
>A brief retrospective: Secret Squirrel recently posted a scathing review of Melville's >"Butterflies Are Free". I promptly criticized him/her for not having the courage to >post their real name. Now Secret Squirrel has petulantly attacked my group's >current production.
Jarrod, both reviews by SS have been scathing, I agree. They could have been made with more tact etc. SS definitely has much room for improvement in the style of his/her reviews.
You AND MANY OTHERS saw fit to criticise these reviews, which is your right.
BUT TO IMPLY that, as a result of your criticism, SS has made a targeted petulant attack on your groups current production is crazy.
In my eyes, these comments fuel the retaliatory type of reaction that an open community website like ITA's does not need. Why must SS be villified ?
I refer back to comments made by Gill previously, that an anonymous review, particularly a scathing one, will carry far less weight in the eyes of those reading it because we have no idea if the reviewer knows what they are talking about.
I think we will all take SS's future reviews with a gain of salt, but it is silly to cast his/her review of your show as a deliberate attempt to get back at you.
David
>A brief retrospective: Secret Squirrel recently posted a scathing review of Melville's >"Butterflies Are Free". I promptly criticized him/her for not having the courage to >post their real name. Now Secret Squirrel has petulantly attacked my group's >current production.
Jarrod, both reviews by SS have been scathing, I agree. They could have been made with more tact etc. SS definitely has much room for improvement in the style of his/her reviews.
You AND MANY OTHERS saw fit to criticise these reviews, which is your right.
BUT TO IMPLY that, as a result of your criticism, SS has made a targeted petulant attack on your groups current production is crazy.
In my eyes, these comments fuel the retaliatory type of reaction that an open community website like ITA's does not need. Why must SS be villified ?
I refer back to comments made by Gill previously, that an anonymous review, particularly a scathing one, will carry far less weight in the eyes of those reading it because we have no idea if the reviewer knows what they are talking about.
I think we will all take SS's future reviews with a gain of salt, but it is silly to cast his/her review of your show as a deliberate attempt to get back at you.
David