Tag: criticism
Navigating History, Religion in ‘The Last Watchman of Old Cairo’
Why take time to read a book about time? For quiet revelations and epiphanies.
Why ‘Inclusion Rider’ Also Needs to Mean ‘Time’s Up’
Hey Netflix, you awake? If you really cared about diversity, you'd listen to Frances McDormand.
Democrats, Stop Being Cowardly, Cautious and Weak
This is what drives me absolutely bonkers about my party.
10 Articles on Gender Parity You Need to Read Right Now
Ten gender parity articles you may have missed over the summer. Grab a cuppa and read.
Certified Fresh?: A Call to Review Our Review Aggregators
Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic are valuable tools, but they're in need of improvement.
Social Justice Warriors Will Leave the World an Uglier Place
Art commentary from social justice warriors favors virtue signaling over aesthetics.
Langston Hughes in a “Make America Great Again” Era
The 1935 poem "Let America Be America Again," presents a society much like ours today.
For Medieval Scholars, “Game of Thrones” is Bittersweet
GoT has drawn new interest to medieval times while also furthering misconceptions.
Theater Critic Helen Shaw: Monster in the Audience
"We prepare and experience and think and respond, but know? I don't know anything."
Summer Read: Hot-Blooded Saga of a New York Immigrant
Anna Fishbeyn's brash and impressive debut novel queries, "What price assimilation?"
“White Princess” is Fun Schlock; “Twin Peaks” Disappoints
Reviews of the Starz series "The White Princess" and Showtime's "Twin Peaks."
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Reminds Us How to Empathize
In a post-empathy world, Yiadom-Boakye at the New Museum appeals to our humanity.
How Diep Tran Hones Her Theater Criticism — With Anger
No one believes that full-time criticism is a viable career option, she says.
Defining Diversity Down: The Meaning of Jesse Green
In an article in Exeunt Magazine (featuring, among others, CFR contributor Martha Wade Steketee), there's a thoughtful roundtable that gently laments the hiring of...
New Ruhl: “How to Transcend a Happy Marriage” Doesn’t
Couples experimenting wth sex and an invited threesome find dismay. So will you.
After Lyn Gardner: Want Great Arts Coverage? Pay For It.
Short of paywalls, what is the solution?
Chris Rawson, Theater Critic, On Honoring August Wilson
"If something seems wrong about the show...it may be the key to something important."
What the Debate Over That “Big River” Review Really Means
"Room for disagreement" could also be the subtitle of America in 2017.
Bill Hirschman: Theater Criticism’s Cockeyed Optimist
"An opinion is not criticism; it’s not even good reviewing."
Can a Playwright Be a Critic? Eliza Bent Says Yes
There is such an "orthodoxy" as to who can and who cannot be a critic.
Artists First? Charting a Future for the American Theater
By the time our theaters reopen, which artists will be left standing? Let us revisit the ancient notion of the acting company.
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Herman Cain (and Republicans Unable)
And then there was Jerry Falwell, Jr., with his open pants, evangelical FUPA and his hands veering into prime side-boob territory with -- hey, doesn't she have a name?
