Kopfkino

 “I have long felt that any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel or a play or a poem is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armour and attacked a hot fudge sundae.” - Kurt Vonnegut. Artist or not, we have all encountered the wrath of ‘The critic’ in our lives. But are critics really necessary? Why then, if we must bring up this question, are they so widespread and popular? The New Yorker Two reviews, one makes headlines. NY Times critic Pete Wells is famous for his scathing reviews of restaurants and here’s a snippet from his most popular one.  “(Mr. Fieri), did you try that blue drink, the one that glows like nuclear waste? The watermelon margarita? Any idea why it tastes like some combination of radiator fluid and formaldehyde?” Here’s another review by the same critic. “I am convinced that if everybody gave up turkey and just had Sailor’s roast chicken once a year, the country would be a better place. Ms. Bloomfield’s desserts are known for t