Again with the critics

[Gwyn]

I guess I will never be pleased.
Nope, not until one of "us" becomes a theatre critic and writes a review that actually makes sense. That is an intelligent critique of the art form of improvisation.

Even if it is a good review, (meaning, they liked the show, not that it's well written), there is always something in there that shows their ignorance. They liked it because ONE GUY stood out and made them laugh. One liner after one liner. Something that inherently goes against what we're trying to accomplish; team-work and group mind.

Just...just....ARGH!

Why is it some random person from WORK can come see my show, and THEY get it....but the people that see theatre for a LIVING, they don't?

One suggestion:
Maybe they should always take a non-critic friend with them to shows, and then go out for coffee after and compare notes.

 

[funnyerik9]

Was the review that bad? Where was it posted in? LA Weekly?

-Erik:up:

 

[Hawkins]

And if they say they're coming for the entire night...STAY THE ENTIRE NIGHT!!!!

I'm calling out LA Weekly for missing a kick ass performance of Maxwell's Demon at IOWest.

 

[Gwyn]

YES

It was L.A. Weekly.
No it wasn't a bad review, at all. In fact, we can put the first line on all our posters for the theatre! "If laughter were medicine, then the sick of the world would need only to stand on Improv Olympic’s step to recover. "
But it's a paragraph long, he obviously thought the 2 Harolds in the harold show where the opening act for "Pete and Paul Explain It All" rather than it's own show,.....He didn't get that it was 3 different SHOWS.
He spelled Steinkamp wrong. He called "us", (he didn't differentiate between the teams so we'll never know who he was referring to) "dry and unconfident". Okay, there are a lot of words you could use to describe Steinkamp, good and bad, but "unconfident" is NOT one of them.
Also, just for the record, we had a really, really good show.
On the flipside, he loved Pete and Paul.

It's infuriating. I don't know why I even read it. I should know better. I have yet to read a review of long form improv that is insightful or intelligent all the way through.
They always get something wrong.