Monday, June 19, 2006

Blurby
Charles Isherwood - Critics - Theater - New York Times:

SAW the show. Hated it, I'm afraid. Said as much, in 800 meticulously chosen words.

But lo! Open the paper a few mornings later, and there, for the world to see, is an artful distillation of my review, all those paragraphs pared down to their essence. Well, their essence according to the advertising and marketing specialists hired by the producers. In big type liberally laced with exclamation points, readers would learn that, in fact, "I loved this play!!"

9:24 AM