The Wildcard Review

English: A traffic controller at Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Français : Un agent de circulation dans la Michigan Avenue, à Chicago (Illinois, États-Unis). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Anything that can be experienced and the experience recommended - or recommended against - can be reviewed. That is, it should be something that will happen again. But it must be an experience. Thus, you cannot review the new fashion season as a concept based on reading stories in fashion magazines, but you can review the fashion scene at an event or a place. You can review any venue open to public view like a cop directing traffic. That the "performer" be aware she/he is being observed is not necessary, though that is a judgment that will probably be part of the review.

Classify (This may be the review where the phrase "The art of ..." appears)
Contextualize
Scrutinize
Personalize

Guardian critics and sports writers swap jobs for a day.

Sport and culture are often thought to have nothing in common. But is this really true? What would happen if the Guardian's arts critics and sports writers swapped roles for a day? Today the critics get a taste of the sporting life, while tomorrow the sports team are set loose on the contemporary arts world.

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And here's the second link.

Food for thought:


You had better refuse a favor gracefully, than to grant it clumsily. Manner is all, in everything. - Lord Chesterfield


Sprezzatura: A term defined in the Renaissance that simply means doing something extremely well without showing effort. A main synonym would be "grace." It also can apply to not trying too hard to achieve something - Urban Dictionary

Hmmmm. How about this:

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