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In the Know. (Letters to the Editor).

American Theatre,  December, 2001  

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Many of the pieces in your "Understanding Critics" issue (Sept. '01) were provocative, to say the least. Some of the contributors focused on the issue of whether a critic should or should not be a part of the theatre community--to the neglect of what seems to me a far more important point.

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It has always been my view that being a critic requires a fundamental knowledge of the art being critiqued. When I was working as a daily theatre and film critic, I was constantly astonished by colleagues who stated candidly that if they knew acting, directing and playwriting, it ...

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