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About The Critical Condition
Criticism to the Rescue!
What does that mean, you ask? It means that at The Critical Condition, we believe in pop culture criticism. We believe it’s fun, and we believe that everyone can enjoy it.
More than that, we believe criticism can rescue an otherwise boring day, just by getting us engaged with TV, movies, and music.
So five days a week, professional critic Mark Blankenship digs into everything from classic cinema to trashy reality shows.
Mark hates to criticize alone, so sometimes guest critics write for The CC. More importantly, though, Mark wants to start a conversation with you. So please, add your thoughts. Comment on the posts. That’s more than half the fun.
Oh, and sometimes? Mark wants to get crazy, Prince-style. So look for videos and other bonuses to pop up on the site.
About Mark Blankenship
Mark Blankenship is a critic and reporter who has contributed to The New York Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The Village Voice, NPR’s Monkey See blog, and many others. He is pleased to have interviewed Hilary Swank, Nicole Kidman, Keira Knightley, Elton John, Sofia Coppola, Miranda Richardson, Carey Mulligan, Aaron Eckhart, and more.
Mark has made multiple appearances as an expert commentator on The Joy Behar Show and CNN.com, and he currently reviews True Blood and Big Love for The Huffington Post.
By day, he edits TDF Stages, the online magazine of Theatre Development Fund. Also in the theatre world, he has served as a judge for Off Broadway’s Obie Awards and as a faculty member at the Critics Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center.
Mark is a graduate of Emory University and Yale School of Drama. At both schools, he did a lot of weird things on stage to make people laugh.