theater critic
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈθiːətər ˈkrɪtɪk/
- Literature
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crítico de teatro
- So no serious editor in his or her right mind would be without a theatre critic like Michael Billington.
Examples
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- Say you're a theatre critic for the Times.
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Early in 1985, while I was still a theater critic, I wrote an article called "Why We Need Broadway" in which, among other things, I said I was not getting the full Broadway experience because, as a member of the press, I was given free seats.
Fiction book (2001) -
And the problem with a lot of critics is that they start out as theater critics.
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Shortly after this article appeared, the Saturday Review, the magazine for which I was then the theater critic, collapsed.
Fiction book (2001) -
Hazlitt was both a literary and theatre critic.
Academic text (2009) -
Every theater critic, in those moments when he is being completely honest, realizes that he goes to plays in two different ways.
Fiction book (2001) -
Theater critics and a good many higher-browed intellectuals, however, suggested that time had simply passed Miller by.
Academic text (2005) -
Theater critic Welton Jones recalled: "I went to one of the last hotel auctions."
Blog text (8) -
The acumen and insight of his commentary led to his first assignment as a theater critic and resulted in the review of the Swedish premiere of Hedda Gabler, which was published in Dagens Nyheter on 21 February 1891.
Academic text (1996) -
As a renowned theater critic, she gives insightful reviews of every performance she attends.
Synonyms
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3.2
A person who gives opinions about art, books, films, or music, often as a job
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3.1
A person who reads and checks the quality of a paper, proposal, or code
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4.6
A person who writes reviews of plays for newspapers or magazines
How Influential
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who reviews theatrical performances' is directly and predictably composed from 'theater' (the domain) + 'critic' (a person who issues opinions). This noun–noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern specifying the type of critic, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Theater critic comes from the idea that a critic 'judges' a theater show. Imagine a person in the audience taking notes about what works and what does not, so a theater critic today is someone who writes reviews of plays.