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Nobody likes a critic

While YouTubesurfing, I stumbled upon these razor-sharp sketches by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. Originating from the heyday of their brilliant programme A Bit Of Fry & Laurie. Watching this beautifully persiflated windbaggery, a nasty feeling came over me that damn little has changed in the mindset of art critics since this sketch was broadcast. Complacency is always lurking.

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Daniel Bertina

/// Freelance cultural journalist, critic, writer and dramatist. Omnivore with a love of art, culture & media in all unfathomable gradations between obscure underground and wildly commercial mainstream. Also works for Het Parool and VPRO. And trains Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.View Author posts

While YouTubesurfing, I stumbled upon these razor-sharp sketches by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. Originating from the heyday of their brilliant programme A Bit Of Fry & Laurie. Watching this beautifully persiflated windbaggery, a nasty feeling came over me that damn little has changed in the mindset of art critics since this sketch was broadcast. Complacency is always lurking.

Critics are oddballs, including us at Culture...

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