The HBS hosts chat with A.O. Scott about the role and responsibilities of the critic.
The critic is frequently seen as a parasite who lives of the creative life of others but not producing a work of art through their criticism. In this episode, we are honored to be joined by A.O. Scott to discuss the role of the critic, the creativity of criticism, and the mutual dependence of art and criticism.
A.O. Scott (@aoscott) is chief film critic (along with Manohla Dargis) for The New York Times. He also write for The Book Review as well as The Times Magazine. He is the author of Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth (Penguin Books, 2016). In addition, he is currently a distinguished professor of film criticism at Wesleyan University.
In this episode, we discuss the following works, ideas, texts, and themes:
Spaiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
The Furies by Janet Hobhouse
The album Mesmerism by the Tyshawn Sorey Trio
The documentary The Reason I Jump (2020)
The websites Goodreads and Rotten Tomatoes
The book The Critic as Anti-Philosopher by F.R. Leavis
Susan Sontag’s Under the Sign of Saturn
The television series Mad Men
The critic John Berger and his book About Looking
The movie Jaws: The Revenge
President Truman on the one-handed economist
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