By Polly Carl. The deleterious effects of criticism are underscored by mainstream writers such as Ben Brantley and Charles Isherwood in the New York Times, who revel in their power to destroy productions they don't like for reasons that are always political, as well as aesthetic, and always masked by the "objectivity" that power bestows on their work. Against such entrenched practices and stereotypes, critical genero…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:17PM on January 6, 2014