CMU School of Drama


Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Constructive criticism

AskMen.com: "I recently had lunch with one of the world’s most well-known critics, so I took the opportunity to ask her what she thought of the three judges on American Idol. “Truly, constructive criticism conveys that indispensable degree of honesty through a combination of credibility and skilled diplomacy,” she said. “For example, Simon Cowell is too cold, while Paula Abdul is often way too warm. But Randy Jackson strikes the proper balance between the two.” I pressed Goldilocks to elaborate, and she said, “He’s just right.”"

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

These are some good suggestions to delivering criticism, but I think these can easily apply to talking about people in general, whenever criticizing anything people have done weather it it to their face or not, I think it is important to empathize and offer constructive suggestions that will help them get into a better situation rather than attack them, which just makes you, the critic look like a worse person.