Criticism Navigator Gifts

'What's your usual response to criticism?' - 'Extreme surprise.'

Four Types of Critics

'Surely you wouldn't want me to laugh at your joke if I didn't think it was funny!'

Thought for today: "All the world's a stage." - Shakespeare. And boy, are there a lot of drama critics.

Herman Mankiewicz

Reading my Critics

"VP J.D. Vance called Donald: 'cynical asshole,' a 'moral disaster,' a 'total fraud,' an 'idiot,' and suggested he might be 'America’s Hitler.'"

"You'd think he hated music by the way he tortures it."

Man: 'How cute. He must like the movement.' Cat: 'There are some challenging themes here but little or no dramatic resonance.'

"Never mind, Harry. Just remember, the 'Saturday Review' loved it."

"Maybe I don't like stunning debuts."

"Various entrances to the gates of Hell."

'Right so lets be clear, when you said my book was a turgid reworking of a sad collection of hackneyed ideas you actually meant that it was a groundbreaking work of originality and genius...'

"The audience is really classy tonight, they are throwing quail eggs."

Suggestions and Cheap Shots.

Sculptor's chippings

Confused drivers

Who's In Charge Here?

"My two-year-old actually did paint that."

Confirmation Bias

Bernard Levin

Art Critics.

'Typical phallic egocentrism!'

Organizational Flow Chart: Puppets

"Well, once you get your PhD on 'The Return of the Repressed in Early Jacobean Drama', then we;ll discuss how disappointed you are."

"Has our apologist been alerted?"

"He's a mental-health critic."

'There's a strong minimalist influence in this artist's work.' 'Good! The less there is of it, the better.'

Anyone else think the movie was better? Book club bouncer.

"It's taken her years to develop that naive, spontaneous, style."

"I'm not sure what to watch...'Enterprise' or 'Sabado Gigante.'"

"I think it would look nicer in red."

"It's too academic."

Edgar Allan Poe

"A restaurant critic! I hope she doesn't make this place sound too good."