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Time Magazine on SOM Live

Posted by: OntheBooks 11:56 am EST 12/06/13

Whatever you thought about the broadcast last night, I'm a bit amazed that Time Magazine published this.

The writer clearly didn't bother to see a stage production of The Sound of Music or even care o familiarize herself with that original version before laying down her opinion.

"After the glorious Audra McDonald as Mother Superior fires Maria from being a nun, Maria gets upset and they start singing “My Favorite Things.” It didn’t bother me that they repurposed this song here because Audra got to sing it"

You can see that the writer ran an update in response to reader corrections, but she then justifies that she's comparing this to the film - which it was never, ever reported to be a remake of.

URL: Here's the link

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re: Time Magazine on SOM Live

Posted by: Thom915 (Thom915@aol.com) 01:20 pm EST 12/06/13
In reply to: Time Magazine on SOM Live - OntheBooks 11:56 am EST 12/06/13

Omigod and I thought that we could be snarky! I cannot believe that with professional arts critics being fired all over the place this woman is being paid to publish this.


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re: Time Magazine on SOM Live

Posted by: MikeR 01:34 pm EST 12/06/13
In reply to: re: Time Magazine on SOM Live - Thom915 01:20 pm EST 12/06/13

She's the daughter of Jonathan Alter. So (rightly or wrongly) I can't help but think there's a bit of nepotism involved in her getting published.


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re: Time Magazine on SOM Live

Posted by: Bwyent2 01:27 pm EST 12/06/13
In reply to: re: Time Magazine on SOM Live - Thom915 01:20 pm EST 12/06/13

Absolutely agree with you. The fine art of constructive, or even, destructive criticism has been cheapened.


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