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| re: Isherwood Likes Fiddler the chief drama critic of the Times | |
| Posted by: | broadwaybacker 02:16 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| In reply to: | re: Isherwood Likes Fiddler the chief drama critic of the Times - AlanScott 01:42 am EST 12/21/15 |
| Mathew is indeed "ever-controversial." However, I would not classify him as a pushover by any means. He appears to be more of a contrarian. Just recently, didn't he hate The Color Purple when most of the reviews were raves or very positive? And it goes the other way frequently as well. | |
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| I thiiiiiiiink Alan was being sarcastic. (NM) | |
| Posted by: | Seth Christenfeld (tabula-rasa@verizon.net) 02:37 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| In reply to: | re: Isherwood Likes Fiddler the chief drama critic of the Times - broadwaybacker 02:16 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| Seth, who has a pretty well-developed Sarcasmometer | |
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| I was serious | |
| Posted by: | AlanScott 03:36 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| In reply to: | I thiiiiiiiink Alan was being sarcastic. (NM) - Seth Christenfeld 02:37 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| You're usually right about these things, but I am serious about Matthew. Of course, pushover Is perhaps an exaggeration, but it's a word I've used here before to describe Matthew, and I kind of feel it's . . . more true than not. Every time someone here posts that "Matthew Murray doesn't like anything," and I go searching through his recent reviews, I'm started by the high percentage of favorable reviews. (Well, at this point I'm no longer startled.) People who don't read all his reviews but mostly read his reviews of high-profile Broadway shows, especially musical revivals, may have a skewed vision of him as a critic who hardly ever likes anything. But he likes plenty. He probably writes more favorable reviews than a lot of other critics, but I haven't done that kind of comparison. | |
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| I stand corrected and will recalibrate said sarcasmometer. (NM) | |
| Posted by: | Seth Christenfeld (tabula-rasa@verizon.net) 04:03 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| In reply to: | I was serious - AlanScott 03:36 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| Seth, fighting all sorts of lovely crap today | |
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| re: I thiiiiiiiink Alan was being sarcastic. (NM) | |
| Posted by: | MikeR 02:39 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| In reply to: | I thiiiiiiiink Alan was being sarcastic. (NM) - Seth Christenfeld 02:37 pm EST 12/21/15 |
| I took it as Alan admitting that he can be an even tougher critic than Matthew. | |
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