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Posted by:	AlanScott 09:28 pm EST 11/20/14
In reply to:	re: Murray is fine critic ... - AlanScott 09:25 pm EST 11/20/14

. . . I suspect that Matthew's review of this production is the one that I will agree with most, even though I sometimes do strongly disagree with him on some shows. I certainly agree with most everything he wrote. Also for the record (I've said this before), he is a friend. So maybe I'm a bit prejudiced in his favor.

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Posted by:	Delvino 10:33 pm EST 11/20/14
In reply to:	For the record . . . - AlanScott 09:28 pm EST 11/20/14

The other reviews starting to surface are already for the most part measured but contradicting the unqualified rave he offered. (See Winer, and from what I saw before they took down the Brantley review, expect something decidedly mixed from the Times) But who cares? His review was articulate, considered, passionate -- to me, brilliantly argued -- and I didn't agree with much of anything he said. Nor did I accept his bristling pan of SIDE SHOW. But I enjoy his reviews, always, they are filled with carefully weighed evaluations of all elements to form an overall appraisal. I just seldom agree with him. I love smart reviews, have since I was a young teenager, and find those that I don't agree with illuminating and educational. I learn more from critics I don't agree with.

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