That such a literate and urbane (and famous) man of letters now resides in the blogosphere is surprising enough. That John Simon is doing so is doubly surprising; up until recently, I suppose, he wrote all his reviews and essays by hand initially, typing them clumsily, with two fingers, on an electric typewriter only after the pieces were finalized.
At any rate, enjoy a remarkable critic with a near-Menckenesque stature.
