DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT

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#1DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 10:40am

Wowwwwwwww.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Theatre-Critic-David-Cote-Parts-Ways-with-Time-Out-New-York-20170427


"See that poster on the wall? Rocky Marciano." - Andy Karl as Rocky in 'ROCKY'

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#2DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 10:41am

OooooooOOOOoooO


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#3DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 10:41am

Torn ACL?

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#4DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 10:42am

haterobics said: "Torn ACL?

 

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"See that poster on the wall? Rocky Marciano." - Andy Karl as Rocky in 'ROCKY'

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#5DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 10:42am

This is really a shame.  If someone were going to leave Time Out, I wish it were Adam Feldman.  David Cote has always been one of my favorites.

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#6DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 10:43am

Ooooooh, wow. 

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#7DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 10:45am

Time Out has been having layoffs throughout the last couple of years. There was a general sense amongst people there of just waiting for the shoe to drop- it was just a matter of when and whom.


"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

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#8DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 10:53am

I think this is merely another sign of the ever-increasing irrelevance of arts writers; posters here, I believe, are not generally aware of how few people read (or even know about) that kind of thing.

Personally, I don't find it a tragedy; getting paid to write (generally rather poorly) about one's subjective (often not-particularly-well-informed) opinion of arts or entertainment is not really an admirable (or even useful) vocation. An independent thinker can easily choose what to see based on other criteria.

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#9DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 10:59am

The only thing more predictable than layoffs is Newintown coming to post about the "ever-increasing irrelevance" of arts journalism. You have a low opinion of critics. We get it.


"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

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#10DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 11:00am

Thanks for following my posts so closely, AC!

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#11DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 11:02am

Have you seen how even the paper quality of Time Out has gotten flimsier? This is upsetting, and I was hoping it wouldn't happen, but alas. (I'm a former print newspaper employee too...laid off 9.5 years ago!)


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#12DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 11:05am

I mean, they already had generally hacked down the length of most theatre reviews to a couple hundred words.


"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

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#13DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 11:06am

Kad said: "I mean, they already had generally hacked down the length of most theatre reviews to a couple hundred words.

 

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Wasn't that always their model, though? Even their lead reviews were generally in the 600-700 word range, for as long as I can remember. Most of the reviews were 300-word quick-hits that could easily be converted into a 75-word capsule.


"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

Trish2
#14DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 11:08am

Too bad for Cote--I really admired his writing style. I just hope they don't promote Feldman. He's better suited for his present, frivolous ramblings-- such as his admiration of Broadway dancer bodies and his exploitation of such.

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Scarywarhol
#15DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 11:12am

A shame. He was clearly the brains in that outfit. 

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#16DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 11:12am

Trish2 said: "Too bad for Cote--I really admired his writing style. I just hope they don't promote Feldman. He's better suited for his present, frivolous ramblings-- such as his admiration of Broadway dancer bodies and his exploitation of such."

^THIS!  I always get so uncomfortable when one minute he's writing a Broadway "review" and then the next minute is compiling an "article" about the hottest dancers on Broadway.  I don't know why, but it feels icky to me.  It's not really a conflict of interest, but it does make me trust his opinion less since he is so clearly attracted to shiny things.

Updated On: 4/27/17 at 11:12 AM

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#17DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 11:17am

I'm pretty sure you can do a fluff piece on hot chorus people and still be objective about theatre.

Just like you can buy a ticket to Broadway Bares and also be objective about, like, Oslo.


"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

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#18DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 11:23am

I don't deny that it's possible!!!  But there's something about the WAY he writes both things, and I can't put my finger on it.

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#19DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 11:31am

Does this mean he's out at ON STAGE too? Please don't let us be stuck with FRANK DILELLA only. Ugh.


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newintown
#20DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 11:33am

"Just like you can buy a ticket to Broadway Bares and also be objective about, like, Oslo."

Oh, no. That isn't possible.

Updated On: 4/27/17 at 11:33 AM

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#21DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 11:35am

bjh2114 said: "I don't deny that it's possible!!!  But there's something about the WAY he writes both things, and I can't put my finger on it."

Well, just glancing at the likes/shares of the most recent hottest chorus people list... it's far more popular than the vast majority of the reviews. The writers of Time Out as under immense pressure to deliver traffic.

 


"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

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#22DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 11:39am

^Oh for sure!  I almost wish he would just stick to writing the puff pieces and leave the reviews behind.

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#23DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 12:04pm

Did New York Magazine/Vulture replace Jesse Green? Maybe there's an opening.

 

AuroratheGeek
#24DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 1:37pm

Oh no! I absolutely adore David Cote's reviews and I tell everyone that I can about how he's my favorite. I guess there won't be a reason for me to pick up TimeOut anymore.

I hope he still does reviews for OnStage, which also been going downhill. Le sigh. Maybe someone else will snatch him up.

Updated On: 4/27/17 at 01:37 PM

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#25DAVID COTE Out at TIME OUT
Posted: 4/27/17 at 1:40pm

LizzieCurry said: "Have you seen how even the paper quality of Time Out has gotten flimsier? This is upsetting, and I was hoping it wouldn't happen, but alas. (I'm a former print newspaper employee too...laid off 9.5 years ago!)

At least it's given out for free here in NYC

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