The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Difference between revisions

** Another Straw Critic was, as far as I recall, never physically shown, but Murray had written a play, the crew performed it, and this guy '''savaged''' it in his review. Mary was the only one whose performance he had anything good to say about. Everyone was devastated -- until Mary discovered that this critic had been equally vitriolic about some of the most highly praised (by everyone else) theatrical performances of the last twenty years or so.<ref>He said ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' "died" on its first night. As for [[Richard Burton (actor)|Richard Burton]]'s ''[[Hamlet]]'', it wasn't just Burton's acting he didn't like; he thought the '''[[William Shakespeare|script]]''' stunk!</ref> Basically, if he said it was bad, it was almost guaranteed to be good. Everybody brightened up as Mary read them hilarious quotes that revealed how '''wrong''' this fellow always was. And then she stopped to wonder if this meant '''her''' acting wasn't any good.