Donna Seaman

The critic that I chose is Donna Seaman because when reading these messages she has a positive voice. She knows what she is talking about when she responds to the question of is it important for readers to develop a relationship with a critic and she says “I’m always hoping for clarity. The best criticism is rich in unexpected connections” or her other comment “Ongoing self-education is essential.” Even though critics can sometimes have a tough attitude because their job is really expressing their opinion to a good or a bad thing, Donna sounds really open-minded and doesn’t express it with a bad word or sarcasm.
I think I relate to this critic because I am the same way when it comes to commenting with a good attitude and when I have an opinion about something, I tell them the honest opinion rather than saying it all with a negative tone or being sarcastic about it. I can relate to Donna Seaman because she has the enough courage to tell a restaurant owner that the food was bad or tell a movie director that, that was a good movie. Although she has the courage, I could develop more courage by reading more about her and learning how she came to be a critic and her background.

Examples of Reviews

The two reviews that I chose was one from the 2010 Billboard Music Awards and the movie Devil that premiered this year.  I chose a review from the music category and from film. 
The review that I read from the 2010 Billboard Music Awards was about Reggeaton artist Don Omar who has a new album out called Don Omar Presents: Meet the Orphans and also talked about his new single called Danza Kudoro.  I would say that this review was bad because it was short and didn't give enough details about the artist's single, but that the concept was just about dancing up a storm.  I think that it should at least give an opinion about if it's a good album to go buy or a thumbs up or down. 
The second review that I thought it was good was a movie review of Devil that just premiered.  This review had a status that showed moviegoers to go see it.  The review had a good length of details because it not only talked about what the movie is about, but it gave background on the director, screenwriter and other collaborations that the movie had.  The details about the movie gave an image about how scary it is and it makes you want to go see it.  It gave the characters description about who they play in the movie.  This movie convinced me and I can't wait to see it.