--- On Fri, 14/5/10, Thaths <tha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Thaths <tha...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [silk] Writing with the pack > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Date: Friday, 14 May, 2010, 2:07 > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:36 AM, > Indrajit Gupta <bonoba...@yahoo.co.in> > wrote: > > In Italia in Bangalore, the wine selections were > excellent wine paired with > > what I personally felt were inappropriate entrees. I > remember getting into > > a low-key but intense discussion on that with the > F&B Manager, to H's > > huge embarrassment. The review, as it turned out, was > mixed; excellent > > food, excellent wine, but what the heck made you do > these dopey > > combinations? > > I would find a review written like that to be good and > helpful. > > > I never thought you were doubting the integrity of the > Gupta > > women (who's Das Gupta, btw?), how should you? > > My apologies for using the wrong family name. > > > But there wasn't editorial influence over the review > writing; > > that was just the way the kids wrote the reviews. > Incidentally, > > the Metro Plus people were separate from the regular > paper > > correspondents, and reported to a separate head in > Chennai, > > I think a guy called Mukund. I remember that he was > quite > > particular about offering strong views, but was > frustrated by > > never getting quite the right person to do these > hard-hitting > > reviews. > > How long ago did the Gupta women write for Metro Plus? > Perhaps what I > am observing is a more recent phenomenon? > > > He was probably wrong; that kind of review wouldn't go > down > > well in India. People want to know where to go, what's > good > > to eat; they don't want to hear bad news, unduly > emphasised. > > Emphasis on the unduly. > > Do you think the review-reading audience has similar > expectations of > film and book reviews? > > Thaths > -- > "Lisa, Vampires are make-believe, like > elves, gremlins, and Eskimos." > > -- Homer J. Simpson > Sudhakar Chandra > > Slacker Without Borders > I should imagine a good person to ask would be the lady handling Metro Plus in Bangalore. Could forward this to her, as a bald question, if you like.
