Critics Have To Take A Lot of S&!#

literally:

[www.huffpost.com]

So much for the classical world being so “civilized” and “classy” compared to us dirty rockers, eh?

But still, this is only the latest (and worst) example of what we’ve been talking about here: the decline of criticism. No “negativity” allowed, just reprint the press release. 3 out of 5 stars for everything.

Artists gotta keep in mind what Jim Jarmusch once said: reviews are like drugs. They might pick you up or put you down for a bit, but then you move on.

Sounds from the article like the Ballet company's director had a paper bag of dog feces at the ready - just in case. Add pre-meditation to his other offences. But they do take their classical music very seriously in Germany...

I'm curious that he was surprised she was there, yet had the bag at the ready.

The film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum has said someone mailed him a literal piece of shit in response to his 1989 review praising DO THE RIGHT THING.