Quote of the Day | 0221
One of the problems with a lot of reviews is a lack of self-confidence on the part of the reviewer. You can read between the lines and see this man or woman didn’t really like the work very much and yet it’s a favorable review. That can be because the editors or publishers push for that kind of thing but, more often than not, it’s because the critic wasn’t sure what to think and assumes that liking is safer than disliking. You can be shown up as being just as big an idiot for having liked or disliked something if the verdict of time goes against you. There is no safety in this job. In the end, you will be judged on how this play has lasted for a quarter of a century, a century, and beyond.
John Simon, in: The Art of Criticism
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