People who annoy me: those who write on All That Chat and say what they think of a show and call it “My review of…” or “Here is my review.”
It’s not your “review.” It’s your opinion. You’re not a theater critic. A review is something formal that appears in a newspaper or on a theater website. If you’re a random schmo saying what you think of a show, it’s not your “review.” It’s your opinion.
I know it might seem weird that this annoys me, because everyone has a right to give an opinion of a show and theater critics can be clueless or woefully misguided. But it still annoys me. Take your self-promotion elsewhere. Get a frickin’ blog.
Criticizing All That Chat posters for their terminology when giving opinions of shows is pompous semantics.
Its a THEATER message board and anonymously giving such views is not self promotion. Incessantly posting neurotic self indulgent trivia on a blog in order to get attention IS.
Wow, there’s a rule about what/whom can review media?
Jesse: What’s a blog for if not for neurotic self-indulgent trivia?
Rob: As I said, “everyone has a right to give an opinion of a show and theater critics can be clueless or woefully misguided.” There’s a difference between “it’s a rule” and “this annoys me.”
Hmm… Are you sure about that definition? I checked Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com and they don’t say that a review is necessarily a formal document (except in the case of a military evalutation) or even something that needs to get published anywhere. *One* of the definitions from Princeton is a formal or official examination, but there are others that aren’t formal. There’s peer review and consumer review… I guess the only time I’d see your point is if someone just said “that movie sucked” and called that their review, rather than their opinion. When you evaluate something, you have to explain more…
I’m with Bart.