At the same time, Potamkin was critical of critics, especially regarding the development of a critical "cult" of popular culture: "The enthusiasm, more quasi than real, for the lowly or 'lively arts' has been the effort of young men who had been precocious and had missed the normal childhood intimacy with the popular amusements".
After its broadcast, the special received critical acclaim; critics praised Gaga's performance, but doubted her sincerity during her on-stage rambling and in pre-concert scenes.
While Blunt's first album received little critical attention, critics from every major music publication, and newspapers around the world, weighed in on All the Lost Souls.
The underlying themes of the film have been the subject of extensive critical discussion; critics and scholars have interpreted it as a paradigmatic exploitation film in which female protagonists are subjected to brutal, sadistic violence.
The special received critical acclaim; critics praised Gaga's performance and the onstage theatrics while expressing doubt in Gaga's sincerity during her monologues and in pre-concert scenes.
You might also have students read commentary about the design of NYTimes.com and other news sites, ranging from the critical (including a critic's suggested design and others' reactions to that project) to the complimentary.
It had a mixed critical reception: some critics praised Rihanna's new musical direction, while others criticized some of the album's songs.
Summarizes early critical reaction, including critics who defended GWTW for its "readability".
Paintings from his Nabi period received the most popular and critical approval, with critics often dismissing his later work.
A poet in the 18th century responded to critical judgment with "Critics, who like the scarecrows stand/upon the poet's common land".
Others, less often discussed, may be more critical: not to critics, maybe, but to real people, even if their awareness of them has never risen above the level of the solar plexus.
