tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post2158894998743944460..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: Lazy CriticismPlaygoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-17615856080055890552007-12-04T10:43:00.000-05:002007-12-04T10:43:00.000-05:00Wow, that's a blast from the past. Some of my firs...Wow, that's a blast from the past. Some of my first pro journo clips were for the Republic, and some were edited by Nilsen. He may not be his own assigning editor now, but I would venture to say that he has the depth and breadth of knowledge to say what he says in his review. Tomalonis' complaint that Nilsen is lazy and under-informed doesn't square with his review, which if anything errs too much on the side of specialized knowledge, over-cultivated opinion--in a word, snobbery. Having had some experience of covering the arts in Phoenix--which has a decent symphony and a good regional theater, as well as one of the best museums of Native American art in the world--I can tell you that holding oneself above local attempts at high culture is an occupational/geographical hazard--it comes with the territory, literally. Tomalonis goes on to worry that the biased Nilsen will be "the only critic who will ever write about" Ballet Arizona. But there's also the New Times (yes, that New Times).Rob Weinert-Kendthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015688507553252146noreply@blogger.com