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Guest review of Whiplash by my talented pal Rebecca Biber - here's an excerpt from her assessment: "Kudos for the one moment of absolute accuracy Chazelle delivers on the nature of music making: Neiman, at the dinner table with some obnoxious jock cousins, gives as good as he gets in a fight over whose activities matter more, athletes or musicians. The young drummer has just described winning a competition with his select ensemble. One of the cousins says, 'But how can you judge a music competition? Isn’t that subjective?” And Andrew replies, flatly, 'No.'”'
Read the rest at the link: http://reelroyreviews.com/2015/03/24/guest-review-blood-on-the-cymbals-the-splashy-brutality-of-whiplash/