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Monday, January 17, 2011

Why Critics Should Review "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark"

Did I tell you guys that I've started writing a weekly pop culture criticism column for TheCelebrityCafe.com called "Culture Ninja?" No? Now you know. Here's one that I particularly liked, which means I'm posting part of it on here. It's about theater, so of course it's going here.

Waiting for "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" to finally open is like waiting in really bad traffic (think Los Angeles traffic at 5pm). You’re angry, you’re frustrated and technically, you can exit the freeway at any time. But you refuse to give in because it’s been an hour already so what the heck, you’re going to see this car crash!

And it better be good.

Except as the opening date inches ever closer, you realize, wait, there’s still another row of cars between you and the wreckage.

Then you wonder: are we ever going to see the real "Spider-Man?"

As a writer, the question in my mind is, will the critics ever get to review it? It has already been pushed back a record-breaking five times, now to March 15.

So now that bloggers and MTV, among others, have had their say about "Spider-Man," can the big critics finally be allowed in?

Read the rest here...

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