"Opportunistic bloggers, tweeters, and rapid-response reviewers, have filled the information vacuum created by the impartial internet, and whilst these unpaid, unqualified, unknowledgable writers slather the web with their opinions, informative, measured and witty criticism slips into the archives of yet another lost art form."
Here at the Middlebrow Musicals, we aim to please. Personally I would be quite happy to be paid to slather less.
"However, if the horizon continues to darken, traditional theatre critics, artists as they are, may continue to suffer, reminiscent of where it all began – Grub Street and the impoverished, bohemian neighbourhood of hack writers."
Welcome to my world; make yourself at home.
On the other hand if traditional theatre critics truly are suffering "artists", maybe they could apply to the Arts Council.
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