The Nation, September 22nd, 1997
In today's work the growth of mass culture makes everyone involved, alienated and judgemental. The role of the critic is to be engaged in everything that is life. This enable the critic to recognize art and the basis of moral authority. One Saturday afternoon not long ago, I attended a panel discussion held at a university in New York City. On the panel was a critic of dance, a critic of film and a critic of art--all writers of reputation. The question under discussion was "The Moral Authority of the Critic." The dance writer read us a press release remarkable, she said, only for its ordinar...
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