Critics Mugs

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Pevsner Cell Block H.

'Your bad attitude explodes across the living room, keeping me on the edge of my seat.'

"This is Jeremy Kyle's Emergency Room. It's traumatic, it's revolting and it's acutely embarrassing. So I asked for a professional opinion. Unfortunately the results came back negative."

Writing a literary classic.

'I hate to be so skeptical, but I still think the seance business is a hoax!'

Herman Mankiewicz

Reading my Critics

"And on the eighth day, God sat back with a scotch and soda and waited for the critical reviews."

"See..? We told you there was nothing there..."

Lesser known greek gods,

"Your usually vicious sarcasm is weak. Go pump some irony."

'We interrupt this programme for a sex flash.'

Trump Poutine

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

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."

"Mom, please! I'm a married woman whose friends have been reviewed favourably by the New York Times."

'It's cutting edge theatre.'

"Heads up! It's another tidal wave of overwrought critical hyperbole!"

"If I Can Make One Critic Smile..."

"Maybe I don't like stunning debuts."

The writers group met every Tuesday for support and fellowship.

A man on a giant book poses as Rodin's The Thinker.

'I take it that the birthday cake is for this old trout you just served me?'

"Get off the stage and get a copy of 'Studies of Laughter in Interaction'—I think you'll enjoy it."

"Did you read my review on Amazon? Four out of four people found it helpful."

"Regarding the plot of your novel ... what on earth were you thinking?"

"This is an excellent story, Doris, so far."

Rumors, lies and innuendo.

"The state of graduates literacy levels is shoking and both my colleegs agrree that there maths isn't much better."

'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...'

"Hey, wait a minute! Isn't that our TV cable?"

The new Physics

'He knows everything about art. But he doesn't know what he likes.'