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re: BRANTLEY on ROCKY: a disingenous joke of a review

Posted by: TGWW 06:17 pm EDT 03/14/14
In reply to: BRANTLEY on ROCKY: a disingenous joke of a review - BroadwayLouBlaze 05:14 pm EDT 03/14/14

Oh Louie you preaching to the deaf. I've said it here before. The AVERAGE theatergoer has no need for a critic anymore. With one click of a mouse, we are now invited into the press rehearsal, the backstage blog, the television commercial and so on and by the time the show opens people know if they want to see it without the help of some strangers opinion.


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re: BRANTLEY on ROCKY: a disingenous joke of a review

Posted by: KingSpeed 03:57 am EDT 03/15/14
In reply to: re: BRANTLEY on ROCKY: a disingenous joke of a review - TGWW 06:17 pm EDT 03/14/14

Ummm a bunch of PR controlled video and backstage blog doesn't say anything about whether or not the show is any good. And Ben Brantley's reviews are a STRANGER'S opinion. He's been writing there for years. We know what he likes and dislikes and can take that into account when we read his reviews. I absolutely turn to reviews for what to see, ESPECIALLY with movies. There were a lot of great movies last year (The Way Way Back, Enough Said, Mud) that would never have gone to see if it weren't for the fact that they got a high percentage on Rotten Tomatoes. They weren't highly publicized so I wouldn't have researched anything I hadn't heard about. In these cases, these reviews led me to see some great movies last year.


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re: BRANTLEY on ROCKY: a disingenous joke of a review

Posted by: TGWW 02:53 pm EDT 03/15/14
In reply to: re: BRANTLEY on ROCKY: a disingenous joke of a review - KingSpeed 03:57 am EDT 03/15/14

And I'm not talking about YOU. I'm talking the average theater goer and this place does not represent them .The average theater goers doesn't sit around like they are at Sardi's waiting for the opening night reviews.


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aren't* a stranger's opinion. Nm

Posted by: KingSpeed 03:59 am EDT 03/15/14
In reply to: re: BRANTLEY on ROCKY: a disingenous joke of a review - KingSpeed 03:57 am EDT 03/15/14

Nm


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re: BRANTLEY on ROCKY: a disingenous joke of a review

Posted by: keikekaze 11:16 pm EDT 03/14/14
In reply to: re: BRANTLEY on ROCKY: a disingenous joke of a review - TGWW 06:17 pm EDT 03/14/14

The AVERAGE theatergoer has no need for a critic anymore.

Oh, I don't know. With all the preview devices you mention, people may now know whether they're interested in a show--though I think they always did know that. What they still don't know--and might still want to seek a professional opinion about--is whether the show is any good.


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