As a theologian in the group pointed out, a professional was, before the modern period of technical specialization, one who `` professed '' to be a bearer and critic of his culture in the use of his particular skills.

His works, the symphonies in particular, had detractors, most notably the influential Austrian critic Eduard Hanslick, and other supporters of Johannes Brahms ( and detractors of Wagner ), who pointed to their large size, use of repetition, and Bruckner's propensity to revise many of his works, often with the assistance of colleagues, and his apparent indecision about which versions he preferred.

" Writing in Richardson's sister paper, The Manchester Guardian, the critic referred to Johnson's ' sex snobbery and sadism ' tag, but pointed out that whilst " the casualties take place on a somewhat narrower front than usual, they are heavy ".

As critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine has pointed out, " Several months after releasing their first album, the Smiths issued the singles and rarities collection Hatful of Hollow, establishing a tradition of repackaging their material as many times and as quickly as possible.

Jazz critic Harvey Pekar has also pointed out that one of Django Reinhardt's recorded improvisations strays drastically from the chord changes of the established piece.

In discussion of other issues related to the memoir, the literary critic J. Gerald Kennedy of Louisiana State University pointed out the artificially heroic nature of Hemingway's self-portrait in A Moveable Feast.

The critic pointed out that Hallam earlier had said " if the Democrats of Kentucky, in convention assembled, nominated a yaller dog for governor you would vote for him " and asked " why do you now repudiate the nominee of that convention, the Honorable William Goebel?

Peter Travers, a film critic for Rolling Stone, pointed out that when " two Don Corleones team up ", he expected " the kind of movie that makes people say, ' I'd pay to see these guys just read from the phone book.

In 2010, critic Jon Pareles of The New York Times pointed out that all four of the musicals nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical that year could be described as rock musicals.

Previn then pointed out that the critic is no longer remembered whereas Korngold is.

One critic recently pointed out that the wide avenues attract retail and commercial use, among other benefits.

Nestor Torre, a known critic of the Philippine Entertainment industry, pointed out that Aquino took a lot of risks when she chose to give up her two former shows.

The critic pointed out that giving up The Buzz and Pilipinas, Game KNB?

As a critic of the CIA, Prouty pointed out its influence in global matters, outside the realm of U. S. congressional and government oversight.

" One critic pointed out that despite's Kirk's claim of transparency in the process, public-interest stakeholders have been completely excluded.

Congressional critic Paula B. Dockery pointed out that like the TIA, this kind of ' data mining ' may be ineffective, and have severe downsides, including its privacy costs.

One critic has pointed to the anecdotal nature of much j-school ranking in the absence of effective tracking of journalism graduates ' career paths.

She possessed a rubbery face capable of the broadest expressions — Life magazine compared her to Beatrice Lillie and Charlie Chaplin, and described her characterizations as taking " people or situations suspended in their own precarious balance between dignity and absurdity, and push ( ing ) them over the cliff with one single, pointed gesture "— the magazine noted a " particularly high-brow critic " as observing, " The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire is that they are essentially brash, noisy and indelicate people who have to use a sledge hammer to smash a butterfly.

The Battle of Worcester was indeed, as a German critic has pointed out, the prototype of Sedan.

In 1909, a French military critic, General Langlois, pointed out that it was Buller, not Roberts, who had the toughest job of the war – and it was Buller who was the innovator in countering Boer tactics.

Furthermore, as literary critic Donald Greene has pointed out, Boswell's works only describe 250 days that Boswell could have actually been present with Johnson, the rest of the information having to come from either Johnson himself or from secondary sources recounting various incidents.

As Mivart ( a critic of Darwin ) pointed out, 5 percent of a bird wing would not be functional.

Shortly after Rebecca was published in Brazil, critic Álvaro Lins pointed out many resemblances between du Maurier's book and the work of Brazilian writer Carolina Nabuco.

Trouser Press critic David Sheridan pointed out the group's drifting towards conventionality, writing, " the title track even has a chord progression!

The mesmerizing effect prompted one critic to point out " the witch-like weirdness of the black kitten " and for many years, the painting solicited questions by the press.

However, in the original article on Young from the first edition of the Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll and a subsequent article in the 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide, critic Dave Marsh used this album to accuse Young of deliberately manufacturing a self-mythology, arguing that while his highlights could be seen to place him on a level with other artists from his generation like Bob Dylan or The Beatles, the particulars of his catalogue did not bear this out.

Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it " delightful and sly ", and directed with " light-hearted enchantment " by Newell.

Herschel Brickell, a critic for the New York Evening Post, lauded Mitchell for the way she, " tosses out the window all the thousands of technical tricks our novelists have been playing with for the past twenty years.

Among the first venues for what would soon be called " Off-Off-Broadway " ( a term supposedly coined by critic Jerry Tallmer of the Village Voice ) were coffeehouses in Greenwich Village, in particular, the Caffe Cino at 31 Cornelia Street, operated by the eccentric Joe Cino, who early on took a liking to actors and playwrights and agreed to let them stage plays there without bothering to read the plays first, or to even find out much about the content.

On the other hand Ellington's friend Earl Hines's twenty solo " transformative versions " of Ellington compositions were described by Ben Ratliff, the New York Times jazz critic, as " as good an example of the jazz process as anything out there.

The critic L. J. Hurst dismissed Aldiss's accusations, pointing out that in Triffids the main character witnesses several murders, suicides, and misadventures, and is frequently in mortal danger himself.

The New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther, while dismissing the movie as " an average gangster film ", singled out Falk's " amusingly vicious performance.

During his early period, Heinlein's writing for younger readers needed to take account of both editorial perceptions of sexuality in his novels, and potential perceptions among the buying public ; as critic William H. Patterson has put it, his dilemma was " to sort out what was really objectionable from what was only excessive over-sensitivity to imaginary librarians ".

The early works were both conventional and, according to the critic Charles Johnston, " utterly unIrish ", seeming to come out of a " vast murmurous gloom of dreams ".

Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars, calling it " an amazingly entertaining thriller " and " one of the best films so far this year ", with a " wonderful " ending.

The critic Robert Irwin singles out the two versions of The Thief of Baghdad ( 1924 version directed by Raoul Walsh ; 1940 version produced by Alexander Korda ) and Pier Paolo Pasolini's Il fiore delle Mille ed una notte ( 1974 ) as ranking " high among the masterpieces of world cinema.

For others, such as U. S. film critic Andrew Sarris, it takes on mystical meanings related to the emotional tone of a film: " Dare I come out and say what I

He discusses the laws to which a critic should adhere while critiquing poetry, and points out that critics serve an important function in aiding poets with their works, as opposed to the practice of attacking them.

However, as critic Francis Molson points out, it is not explained whether this Tom Swift is the grandson of the famous Tom Swift of the first series or still the Tom Swift, Jr., of the second.

" Film critic Roger Ebert gave Mulan three and a half stars out of four in his written review.

Film critic Pauline Kael adopts a more neutral stance, while Time magazine film critic Richard Schickel writes " The nostalgia surrounding Rogers-Astaire tends to bleach out other partners.

However, film critic Roger Ebert gave the film 3 stars out of a possible 4 and commented that " Some will say the movie breaks tradition by telling a medieval story with a soundtrack of classic rock.

Film critic Leonard Maltin gave the film two-and-a-half stars ( out of four ) in his 2009 movie guide ; he said that the film was " self-indulgent and largely negative ," and that " great show biz moments and wonderful dancing are eventually buried in pretensions "; he also called the ending " an interminable finale which leaves a bad taste for the whole film.

This 2009 documentary film chronicles what occurred as a result: the New York Times fired Bosley Crowther because his negative review seemed so out of touch with the public, and Pauline Kael, who wrote a lengthy freelance essay in The New Yorker in praise of the film, became the magazine's new staff critic.