Channing Gray in a better light

I have read quite a few letters scolding Channing Gray for

    the " sour notes " in his reviews. I agree that on the whole the critic

    should love the art form he presumes to judge with expert  taste and

    discrimination. But their negative reviews - if honest - often do us

    a favor. Providence Journal movie critics have often saved me the price

    of a ticket; I learned that one  critic in particular, Jim Seavor, was

    often right on the money in  his artistic judgments.

        I can't recall his name right now - was it Michael ? - introduced

    me to a cult horror classic, " Carnival of Souls ". He explained that

    real horror -appealing to primal, subliminal fears - has no need of sick

    violence and the gross out. I was motivated to see the Stephen King

    movie  " Carrie " when a critic described it as a " real nightmare ".

           Many movies I regretfully learned deserved the " turkey " status

    assigned them by a Projo critic. I guess LOVE means never having to say

    your sorry!

       I was not let down by a Channing Gray review of the LaChance family

    singers a while back. They are indeed an entertaining " dynasty ".

      But I don't I understand the newspaper's four star rating of a goofy

    movie, " The  Wedding Singer ". I saw it recently at the Meadowbrook

    Cinema in Warwick. A sharper critic may have saved me all of $2.50.

        Thank you Projo critics for being right most of the time !