<i>MTV News</i> and Stand-Up Comedy: The Week in Pop-Culture Writing

MTV News, Chance the Rapper, and a Defense of Negative Criticism
Amanda Petrusich | The New Yorker “Criticism doesn’t require its subject to acquiesce. For anyone accustomed to high degrees of control, this can seem, at first, like an affront. But well-rendered criticism confirms that the work is high stakes. This criticism can be illuminating and thrilling, and might offer an important vantage on a very private experience.”