The insidious spread of star ratings attached to reviews (in almost every single paper except, interestingly, The Stage and The Observer of all the major outlets) is, no doubt, partly a reflection of our attention-deficit, time-poor priorities: we want a quick thumbs-up or thumbs-down nowadays even more than a full review. No wonder that I find my Twitter reviews gaining wider circulation than almost anything I write…
SOURCE: The Stage at 02:46AM on March 15, 2012