Comments on: Why was Stage and Cinema Critic Tony Frankel Rejected by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle? [UPDATED] http://losangeles.bitter-lemons.com/2011/12/04/why-was-stage-and-cinema-critic-tony-frankel-rejected-by-the-los-angeles-drama-critics-circle/ Bringing the Los Angeles Theatre Community closer together. Whether It likes it or not. Tue, 22 May 2012 02:13:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Fred S. http://losangeles.bitter-lemons.com/2011/12/04/why-was-stage-and-cinema-critic-tony-frankel-rejected-by-the-los-angeles-drama-critics-circle/comment-page-1/#comment-174868 Fred S. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:12:17 +0000 http://losangeles.bitter-lemons.com/?p=21962#comment-174868 It's so incredibly difficult to determine WHY anyone is allowed the distinction to be a critic. It is even more difficult to explain the chosen few who are able to join the ranks of such esteemed circles as the LADCC. That said, I know some of Tony's work and for the most part it's solid and compelling. I've been reading Pauline Adamek's work for years, long before her reviews in the LA Weekly (including her articles in Filmink, Premiere and other film publications) and I can tell you she deserves the membership in the LADCC. She's a tireless critic with a wide ranging personal background to pull from. Judging by her blog, she sees theatre almost daily. She tells it like it is, all while maintaining a love for the art of it. Sorry that I can't answer why Tony and Sarah were rejected. Maybe it was controversy related. Luckily there's always the next round and hopefully the LADCC will keep welcoming new authentic voices to their ranks. It’s so incredibly difficult to determine WHY anyone is allowed the distinction to be a critic. It is even more difficult to explain the chosen few who are able to join the ranks of such esteemed circles as the LADCC.

That said, I know some of Tony’s work and for the most part it’s solid and compelling. I’ve been reading Pauline Adamek’s work for years, long before her reviews in the LA Weekly (including her articles in Filmink, Premiere and other film publications) and I can tell you she deserves the membership in the LADCC. She’s a tireless critic with a wide ranging personal background to pull from. Judging by her blog, she sees theatre almost daily. She tells it like it is, all while maintaining a love for the art of it.

Sorry that I can’t answer why Tony and Sarah were rejected. Maybe it was controversy related. Luckily there’s always the next round and hopefully the LADCC will keep welcoming new authentic voices to their ranks.

]]> By: Colin Mitchell http://losangeles.bitter-lemons.com/2011/12/04/why-was-stage-and-cinema-critic-tony-frankel-rejected-by-the-los-angeles-drama-critics-circle/comment-page-1/#comment-172491 Colin Mitchell Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:23:19 +0000 http://losangeles.bitter-lemons.com/?p=21962#comment-172491 Apparently critic Sarah Taylor Ellis also applied and was rejected. I understand that her work as a composer, music director and dramaturg may have nullified her - according to the LADCC rules - but man, what a mistake. No Tony no Sarah. You LadSissies are just shooting off toes right and left. Tiiimbeeerrr! Apparently critic Sarah Taylor Ellis also applied and was rejected. I understand that her work as a composer, music director and dramaturg may have nullified her – according to the LADCC rules – but man, what a mistake.

No Tony no Sarah. You LadSissies are just shooting off toes right and left. Tiiimbeeerrr!

]]> By: Colin Mitchell http://losangeles.bitter-lemons.com/2011/12/04/why-was-stage-and-cinema-critic-tony-frankel-rejected-by-the-los-angeles-drama-critics-circle/comment-page-1/#comment-171486 Colin Mitchell Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:25:22 +0000 http://losangeles.bitter-lemons.com/?p=21962#comment-171486 And the winner is....Pauline Adamek! The newest member of the LADCC. Yup. And the winner is….Pauline Adamek! The newest member of the LADCC.

Yup.

]]> By: Colin Mitchell http://losangeles.bitter-lemons.com/2011/12/04/why-was-stage-and-cinema-critic-tony-frankel-rejected-by-the-los-angeles-drama-critics-circle/comment-page-1/#comment-171374 Colin Mitchell Tue, 06 Dec 2011 06:03:38 +0000 http://losangeles.bitter-lemons.com/?p=21962#comment-171374 So according to minds much greater than my own (an easy task) it looks like Amy and Mayank are NOT brand new members and have been on the list at least since 2010: http://www.examiner.com/theater-in-los-angeles/2009-los-angeles-drama-critics-circle-awards-part-i. So apologies to them on that point. That said, it kinda makes my point hit home even harder, because it looks like the membership has added NO ONE this year, making the rejection of someone as worthy as Tony even more of a travesty. That is all. Carry on. So according to minds much greater than my own (an easy task) it looks like Amy and Mayank are NOT brand new members and have been on the list at least since 2010: http://www.examiner.com/theater-in-los-angeles/2009-los-angeles-drama-critics-circle-awards-part-i. So apologies to them on that point.

That said, it kinda makes my point hit home even harder, because it looks like the membership has added NO ONE this year, making the rejection of someone as worthy as Tony even more of a travesty.

That is all. Carry on.

]]> By: Jason Rohrer http://losangeles.bitter-lemons.com/2011/12/04/why-was-stage-and-cinema-critic-tony-frankel-rejected-by-the-los-angeles-drama-critics-circle/comment-page-1/#comment-170823 Jason Rohrer Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:23:52 +0000 http://losangeles.bitter-lemons.com/?p=21962#comment-170823 Tony Frankel belongs in the company of real heroes. Any organization would be lucky to accept his membership. He would go to the theater daily if he could. His reviews are consistently thoughtful, which can be said about a few writers; but his thoughts matter, which cannot be said about many. His sense of history and context inform farsighted judgments, and that can be said about which of the names on the above list? So, politics aside, what did politics have to do with this political decision? Tony Frankel belongs in the company of real heroes. Any organization would be lucky to accept his membership. He would go to the theater daily if he could. His reviews are consistently thoughtful, which can be said about a few writers; but his thoughts matter, which cannot be said about many. His sense of history and context inform farsighted judgments, and that can be said about which of the names on the above list?

So, politics aside, what did politics have to do with this political decision?

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