What the Courier Cut from Monica Reida's Letter

Remember yesterday how I said that it seemed as though Monica Reida's letter stopped abruptly?

That's because it did. They cut out a huge chunk of her letter.

I received an email today from Reida, who was nice enough to give me the rest of her letter.

If you look at theater reviews all over the nation, including in the Gazette in Cedar Rapids, critics understand the concept I've stated at the beginning. In the Gazette's Eric Clark's review of "Lost in Younkers" at Theatre Cedar Rapids he made it very evident that he thought the show was excellent and a must-see throughout the review, specifically focusing on one actor's performance. This is not something that is exclusive to critics in New York City. Read a paper in Chicago, St. Louis, pretty much everywhere and you'll see this.

If the newspaper that's located an hour away has critics that can do this, why can't the Waterloo Courier have their critics do the same?

You got that, right? The Gazette has better critics than the Courier.

But, to most of us, that isn't too shocking.

Today in Theater: March 19

-I managed to miss this, but the Iowa Theatre Blog has a review of "The Foreigner" at ICCT.

-In today's Waterloo Courier, Monica Reida says that their critics can't write good reviews. Translation: She says what we've all been thinking.

I can't help but wonder, does the Courier edit letters to the editor? Because it stops abruptly after she criticizes George Day's review of "Importance of Being Earnest."

Regardless, it's awesome.