Clybourne Park: The long and the short of it...
Hands up if you noticed...
Kate Herbert’s (rave) review of Clybourne Park was posted on the Herald Sun web site on the afternoon of the 23rd, 15 hours after the first performance ended. It’s here. [UPDATE: the link is still live and current, according to the Herald Sun's entertainment/arts home page, but is going nowhere at the moment.]
Kate’s review is the print edition of the Herald Sun today, on page 58.
Now, according to newstext.com, the print review clocks in at 260 words. From experience, newstext counts headers, footers and captions. So it might be 20-40 words less than that. Fair enough. Par for the course in the 2010s, more’s the pity.
But, interestingly, the on-line review (without captions &c.) is a tad over 300 words. So, bully for the Herald Sun. Especially now, when Age reviews tend not to be published on-line in a timely way... if at all.
Meanwhile, at the Australian, a one hundred word teaser of my review of Clybourne Park was on the Oz’s web-site late on Friday morning. (I beat Kate by two hours!) It looked like this:
click on the image to enlarge
And, like Kate’s review, mine appears in the print edition today. It’s on page 16 and clocks in (according to newstext) at 487 words. (I reckon it’s closer to 425 words of actual content.) It’s also on-line, here.
And, hey, a big shout out to the MTC for putting on another great production of an unusually interesting and provocative play. And to Peter Evans and his cast for a truly kick-arse ensemble performance. Credit where it’s due.
UPDATE: Kate Herbert has started a blog, it’s here. You’ll find her full Clybourne Park review there.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Cameron Woodhead’s review for the Age is now on-line at his blog, Behind the Critical Curtain.
Kate Herbert’s (rave) review of Clybourne Park was posted on the Herald Sun web site on the afternoon of the 23rd, 15 hours after the first performance ended. It’s here. [UPDATE: the link is still live and current, according to the Herald Sun's entertainment/arts home page, but is going nowhere at the moment.]
Kate’s review is the print edition of the Herald Sun today, on page 58.
Now, according to newstext.com, the print review clocks in at 260 words. From experience, newstext counts headers, footers and captions. So it might be 20-40 words less than that. Fair enough. Par for the course in the 2010s, more’s the pity.
But, interestingly, the on-line review (without captions &c.) is a tad over 300 words. So, bully for the Herald Sun. Especially now, when Age reviews tend not to be published on-line in a timely way... if at all.
Meanwhile, at the Australian, a one hundred word teaser of my review of Clybourne Park was on the Oz’s web-site late on Friday morning. (I beat Kate by two hours!) It looked like this:
click on the image to enlarge
And, like Kate’s review, mine appears in the print edition today. It’s on page 16 and clocks in (according to newstext) at 487 words. (I reckon it’s closer to 425 words of actual content.) It’s also on-line, here.
And, hey, a big shout out to the MTC for putting on another great production of an unusually interesting and provocative play. And to Peter Evans and his cast for a truly kick-arse ensemble performance. Credit where it’s due.
UPDATE: Kate Herbert has started a blog, it’s here. You’ll find her full Clybourne Park review there.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Cameron Woodhead’s review for the Age is now on-line at his blog, Behind the Critical Curtain.
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