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EVERYONE hates theater critics--those nasty bastards--but college theater critics belong in a special pantheon of cretins. It's easy to see why. Look at those pictures: people dancing, laughing, horsing around, working hard, waiting nervously in the wings, taking curtain calls. As the company of Damn Yankees demonstrates, putting a show together can be a warm, fun, exhausting experience, a time to form new and intimate relationships, a time when individuals merge into a team and develop together. (Sounds like an ad for Summer of '42.) The conflicts and squabbles of rehearsal can teach you more about yourself...
...these pictures. When people put in all this work, they improve, and sometimes the difference between what they begin with and what they end up with is startling--so much better that they might not be aware that it still isn't any good (I'm not refering to Damn Yankees...
...back to Damn Yankees, which only tried to be entertaining and fun. When you look at all those people in shots like these, you think: "Is it really necessary to be critical? Why not just enjoy it?" And then comes the inevitable guilt feelings. I've felt rotten about some things I've written--not because they were wrong or even unjust, but because I've enjoyed writing them...
...might say "Char Joslin." Or "a damn good team." Or "Just mutilated B.C." But few would answer: "a truly outstanding manager...
Although Forbes made low-interest loans available to any staffer with more than a year's service, fewer than 50 employees owe the company money. As spokesman Don Garson put it: "I'm sure many of us are saying, 'Damn it, why didn't I borrow something...