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Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Something Is Wrong At "The New York Times---" And That Isn't Good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


                            I just learned this morning, girls, that Jesse Green, hitherto the impeccable theater critic of "The New York Times," is being relieved of said role, and reassigned to other tasks on the publication. But no one says what.



                             There is something up, and I do not like it.  Talk is in the air about The Times making changes to their cultural section.  To me, this can only mean one of several things--



                             "The New York Times" is caving in to the Trump administration and has gone full blown MAGA, hiring only the most conservative critical cultural commentators.  But then, what do conservatives know about culture??????  As one reader said, " 'The New York Times?' No way!"



                            Or they have gone to the extreme left, being so WOKE that each critic is of a different and diverse ethnicity.  Which would not only give each of them, but let's stay with theater, a personal agenda and ax to grind, that could influence what does or does not make it to Broadway.



                              Lastly, in this rather Orwellian age, I think the paper might just hire their present-day idea of what they think "fits in."  No matter how much knowledge of theater or such may be lacking in the new hires, they will be taken in spite of, not because, of knowledge.



                                Or a combination of all three.  With talk of influencers, and media stars, the paper wants to go in some sort of modernistic direction, and that does not sit well with me or many on here, I hope.



                                    I always used to start my day with "The New York Times."  I hope this shakeup does not change that.  But it could.



                                    BIG BROTHER is out there, darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 comments:

Victoria said...

what is “woke” exactly?
I thought I knew what it meant but now I’m not so sure

The Raving Queen said...

Victoria, I am not sure, but I think it has to do with being politically correct at the moment.