Fan Verses Reviewer

This poem is in response to Cathy Curtis’ review of “Jerome Robbins’ Broadway” (“A Regrettable Act,” July 25):

The music was great

The movements alive

Each dancer ablaze

With talent and drive.

The audience saw

The audience shouted

The audience loved it

But the reviewer, she pouted.

No humor has she

No love of the arts

The people applauded

And the reviewer threw darts.

Ms. Curtis it’s clear

Had a problem that night,

She missed the mood of the show

She had faulty hearing and sight

It’s hard to believe

We were there the same night.

The acclaim through the land

Brought a Tony you see

For Ms. Curtis it’s plain

In her heart there’s no glee.

Artists create

Those who can’t write review

So we aim our arrow

Cathy Curtis . . . at YOU!!! ETHEL and LARRY HANNA

Fountain Valley