Word: criticizers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Senior with the temerity to usher in his week of Divisionals with an evening of musical comedy can scarcely be considered to have the stability of judgment necessary for a critic. Yet that Senior, to whom the only distinguishing mark of vacation has been the absence of the morning CRIMSON (advt.) from under the door, fortunately requires only the barest modicum of acumen to realize that "Merry Merry" is far above and beyond the humdrum level of musical comedy average. In this day of striving for the "bigger and better," it is something of a relief to discover a producer...
...Princeton University, "Dick" Cleveland figured as campus critic, as reformer. Ardent Wilson Democrat, he followed in his hero's footsteps by attacking the upperclass-men's club system. He associated himself with the so-called "great unwashed" (the socially unassimilated element of the student body) and refused the many club invitations that were addressed to him by virtue of his personality, attainments and appearance, which was quite the reverse of "unwashed," he being a tall blond shot-putter cast in a noble mold. After the failure of his "revolution" he contented himself with a running public commentary on life...
...Critics, finding little field for prediction, looked back over the past season, made generous comment. They agreed for the most part that individual voices were "not what they used to be," that ensembles and mountings were better than ever before, that the eleven novelties and revivals, if not notably significant, had served their purpose of breaking the monotony of the standard repertoire. The consensus of opinion was that little had been accomplished for the cause of the U. S. singer by the widely heralded debuts of Marion Talley and Mary Lewis. Said Critic Olin Downes in the New York Times...
...opinion of Critic Downes) was the most valuable addition to the ranks of the Metropolitan this season...
...these little criticisms disturb you. It is a critic's unfortunate duty to go on the assumption that no show is perfect; in fact unless we made a few somewhat artificially nasty remarks, you would go on the assumption that, like Mr. Henderson, we were simply blowing yen the goofus...