A2: Theater

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On her blog Ann Arbor Theater Vixen, local theater critic Jenn McKee writes about struggling with the review of a show directed by Jim Posante, who died just a few days before the play opened in early 2008: “But when the realization that I didn’t care for the show slowly crept over me while watching on opening night, I found myself facing a lose-lose situation: I could either sugar-coat my review out of respect for a wonderful man and his lifetime of work, and then feel lousy about being gutless and dishonest; or I would be respectfully candid about my feelings and face some serious backlash from people already, and justifiably, feeling hurt and angry and shocked by Jim’s death.” [Source]