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The theater’s rich intellectual inheritance serves as a buffer to society’s recrudescent stupidity. Upholding this legacy seems a more vital role for a critic than operating as a tour guide of commercial entertainments. The survival of our democracy depends on the recovery of our critical thinking skills.
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Charles McNulty • In defense of criticism: A theater critic asks what good does it do in an upside-down world
Lost Highway Article - Premiere Sept. 96
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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Like Los Angeles itself, politics and criticism sometimes need to be disguised or de-emphasized in order to register with effectiveness as entertainment.
Jonathan Rosenbaum • Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia: Film Culture in Transition
The Missing Piece in Conversations about “Cultural Decline”
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Illegibility was a political act.
Cathy Park Hong • Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Our feeds are designed to “prod the would-be attender ever onward from one monetizable object to the next,” he writes. This has had a deadening effect on all kinds of culture, from Marvel blockbusters that optimize for attention minute to minute, to automated Spotify recommendations that push one similar song after another.