The Critic is a story of ambition, blackmail and desire with a dazzling anti-hero at its dark heart. A whodunnit wrapped | dG1fV3NZejcwcm5XVlU
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00:00I'm the critic.
00:02I have power and influence.
00:06I'm the chief drama critic
00:08of the Daily Conicorn.
00:12Jimmy Erskine's never liked me.
00:14Hold your breath for here is theatrical sewage.
00:16It's a disaster.
00:18You should talk to him.
00:20Over the last ten years,
00:22you've compared me to livestock,
00:24creatures of the sea, and an extinct bird.
00:26It's going to stop.
00:28I'm retiring.
00:30Tone it down. More beauty, less beast.
00:34We can restore the Chronicle to its rightful place
00:36as the most read family newspaper
00:38in the country.
00:40Watch your backs.
00:42He won't come up to the old guard.
00:44Beyond the paper.
00:48Anyone who threatens the reputation of this newspaper
00:50is an undesirable.
00:52You must practice your perversion behind closed doors.
00:54You're a cheeky old queer, ain't ya?
00:56May I return the compliment?
01:02Mr. Erskine, are you a homosexual?
01:08One month's notice.
01:10What did you expect?
01:14You must have something on him.
01:16The man's a saint.
01:18All men have secrets.
01:20I'll find his.
01:22From your secret admirer?
01:24Look, he's crying.
01:26Viscount Brooke.
01:28Powerful rich.
01:30But
01:32catastrophically married.
01:34I have something delicate
01:36to discuss.
01:38Do me a little service.
01:42I want you to please him.
01:44And in return,
01:46you will gain my unyielding
01:48favor.
01:50All that's required to make you a star.
01:54Don't let me down.
01:56Don't let me down.
01:58Or what?
02:06You're so naughty.
02:08You're a maniac with a death wish.
02:10I'm the critic.
02:12I have power and influence.
02:18On earth, you live with yourself.
02:20Please.
02:22Things are in the beginning.