A good thread on the now-deceased theater critic John Simon. (I make an appearance near the end.) The typically hyper-generous Ebert wrote of his “repugnance” for Simon, whose written abuse of actresses in particular was truly beyond the pale.https://twitter.com/MichaelDavSmith/status/1199039133399822337 …
Yep, the way he wrote about actresses really pushed him beyond the normal range of being a curmudgeon into something more specific and hateful.
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Allison Janney said that she stopped reading critics altogether after he wrote a particular nasty review of an early, off-Broadway performance of hers. Whatever talent he possessed was wildly overshadowed by his bitter, ugly character.
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