Terry Teachout Good Quotations

Does film music really matter to the average moviegoer? A great score, after all, can't save a bad film, and a bad score - so it's said - can't sink a good one.

I can remember - barely - when Elton John was still a good songwriter, or at least capable of writing good songs.

The 'Podunk Times' is not going to have a good dance critic, I absolutely promise you that. There's just not enough dance there.

The good news is that 'High School Musical' seems to be getting a lot of youngsters excited about theater.

Not surprisingly, my parents' generation did everything they could to make life easier for their own children. Was that good for us? I wonder. It certainly didn't do us any good from a cultural point of view. I'm struck by how few boomers have embraced adult culture in middle age.