Word: judgments
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...reviewer must see "Hamlet" tonight and the latest Cole Porter musical tomorrow night and comment intelligently on both. This calls for immediate reactions to an art form existing only for a short period of time. A high aesthetic standard, a delight in the whole range of the theatre, snap judgment, and a scholarly background--these are the requisites for the drama critic. No wonder that the critic retreats into individualistic displays of bon mots and wit in his reviews...
...sharp as they might be. When Hitler plunged through France, most of G-2 -and most of the Army- held out little hope for Britain. Even gloomier were G-2's estimates of Russia's chances against the Nazis. More immediately costly than such errors of judgment was the failure of both Army and Navy Intelligence to keep tabs on the Japs. Said the Roberts report on Pearl Harbor: "Both commanders were handicapped by lack of information as to Japanese dispositions and intent...
...good story. The dog was killed too soon, and the children criminally deceived. This brings an intense crisis to 1) the parents, engaged in a cold battle for Emily's affections; 2) the half-caste veterinarian, who killed the dog against his better judgment; 3) a lordly young Brahmin friend of his; 4) Emily, whose ingenious resolve for vengeance lands her high & dry on the lonely edge of maturity; 5) at length, the whole community, in a plausible yet somehow ridiculous finale...
...help them only if he is enough a part of them to see through the same kind of eyes, and is able to pass a judgment based on values which, though above, are still within the reach of the audience he's trying to talk...
...this is, in many respects, more fun for the reviewer, and less for the reader. More fun for the writer because of his freedom in the choice of subject, and less for the reader because of the reviewer's obvious lack of the long listening experience and mature judgment that mark the work of most of his New York colleagues. In addition, the Crimson critic has the consolation of being almost functionless in a practical sense. No matter how many stones he may throw, not a ripple will disturb the bustle and equanimity of the musical world of Boston...