Reviewing The Reviewers (Limerick and Poll)
Reviewing The Reviewers
By Madeleine Begun Kane
I just saw a play I abhorred
That reviewers quite simply adored.
‘Twas pretentious, third-rate,
But the dailies raved, “Great!”
Could it be that they like being bored?
Has this sort of thing ever happened to you? Please rate your experience with reviews by taking this poll:
(You can catch up with my previous polls here.)
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And now some links, for your reading (and viewing) pleasure:
* There’s still time to preorder Antisocial Commentary: From the Secret Files of the Mattress Police, the “hilarious excursion through the mind of Rob Kroese, aka ‘Diesel,’ the twisted mastermind behind the humor website MattressPolice.com.”
* Carnival of Satire
* Hillary’s Breasts Invited To GOP’s CNN/BOOBTUBE Debate
* Blog Carnival On Observations On Life
* Carnival of Family Life
* Blawg Review 119
* Carnival of Craziness
* Carnival of the Insanities
* Blawg Review 118
Technorati Tags: Plays, Reviews, Newspaper Reviewers, Play Humor, Theater Humor, Bad Productions
May 2nd, 2008 at 3:20 pm
One afternoon, I was in the backyard hanging the laundry when an old, tired-looking dog wandered into the yard. I could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home. But when I walked into the house, he followed me, sauntered down the hall and fell asleep in a corner. An hour later, he went to the door, and I let him out. The next day he was back. He resumed his position in the hallway and slept for an hour.
This continued for several weeks. Curious, I pinned a note to his collar: “Every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap. ”
The next day he arrived with a different note pinned to his collar: “He lives in a home with ten children - he’s trying to catch up on his sleep.”
I cried from laughter
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