There's a playwright named S.M. Berryman, Sam Berryman, who wrote these kinds of social comedies. They are actually extremely sharp and still quite provocative. Terry Teachout berrymancomedyextremely Change image and share on social
Direction is the most invisible part of the theatrical art. You don't see it. Terry Teachout artdirectioninvisible Change image and share on social
The digital apocalypse continues to blight the lives of television producers, music-industry executives and newspaper publishers, all of whom are scrambling to figure out how to reconfigure their business models in such a way as to allow them to make an honest buck. Terry Teachout apocalypseblightbuck share on social
It's certainly no secret that American students are taught less and less about the canonical literary masterpieces of the past, and there is no shortage of people who believe that what little they're required to learn in school is still too much. Terry Teachout americancanonicallearn share on social
Most 'Monty Python' fans are, of course, baby boomers, who have long been a nostalgic lot and are growing more so as they totter toward old age. Terry Teachout agebabyboomer Change image and share on social
Not only are most of our citizens fathomlessly ignorant of the glories of American literature, a fast-growing percentage of our students are no longer taught much about any works of American art, be they novels, paintings, symphonies or ballets. Terry Teachout americanartballet share on social
To me, an intellectual is a person who is primarily interested in ideas. What I am is an aesthete, a person who is primarily interested in beauty. That's why I write about art. Terry Teachout aestheteartbeauty Change image and share on social
I learned more in the rehearsals for 'The Letter' than I have ever dreamed of know in the theater as a critic. If it doesn't make me a better critic, I'm an idiot. Terry Teachout criticdreamidiot Change image and share on social
I think that most of the best movies made in America in the 20th century were crime dramas, screwball comedies and westerns. Terry Teachout 20thamericacentury Change image and share on social
Instrumental music is nonverbal and thus radically ambiguous. It doesn't lend itself to what might be called content-oriented analysis, though plenty of intellectuals have tried to analyze it in precisely that way. Terry Teachout ambiguousanalysisanalyze share on social
