Reviewers . . . must normally function as huff-and-puff artists blowing laggard theatergoers stageward.
Source: Statement quoted in NY Times, 30 Sep 1983.
-- Walter Kerr, (Jul 8 1913-1996), US critic, author; He was an influential NY Times critic, 1966-81 who won a Pultizer Prize for his criticism, 1978; entered Theater Hall of Fame, 1982.