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No bravo to “A Chicago Theater Artist” (Letters, June 29). This anonymous writer’s letter is proof that a critic is no more capable of “recklessly and ignorantly slamming Chicago theater artists” than an artist is of recklessly and ignorantly slamming Chicago theater critics in an overly general and unproductive manner. Aside from disagreeing with much of the language used and many of the specific complaints issued in this person’s letter, I am tired of reading theater artists’ complaints about critics’ reviews. Like most of these letters, this one does little to effect a mature dialogue between the artist and the audience.
Are true emotions void of sentimentality? Maybe A Chicago Theater Artist likes his/her theater to be clearly delineated. Sentimentality and directors on stage right, emotions and actors on stage left, right answers get As, wrong answers get Fs.
