Word: mushklatsch
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...from Mushklatsch. In 1932, when a headline-hunting congressional committee warned Nathan that "dramatic criticism has destroyed the legitimate spoken drama of our country," Nathan's retort killed the projected investigation as cold as any Broadway turkey. Said he: "Dramatic criticism has made over the American drama from mushklatsch. It is necessary for dramatic criticism to show no mercy toward what still persists of the ignorant older order and to butcher it to death as quickly as possible...
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