The recent, glowing obituaries of Roger Ebert raise the question in my mind about what makes a good critic, which Ebert hardly was. What gives the question some importance is the possible influence of the critic on a certain art, in this case principally drama, though with relevance to all the others. The perfect critic, obviously, cannot exist. There are too many differences in taste that no single critic, however a…
SOURCE: John Simon at 12:33PM on May 7, 2013