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Criticism should build up, not tear down

by HARVEY MACKAY
| June 30, 2024 1:00 AM

A prominent New York critic was leaving the theater after a Broadway opening and met the producer in the lobby. The latter took one look at the critic's suit, which was rumpled as usual, and said with some annoyance, "That's a fine way to dress for my opening. Your suit looks as if you slept in it."

"It's no wonder," the critic replied, "I just woke up."

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