A series of six articles Our critics are always looking for a challenge, so we gave them one. Cover each other’s beats, we said. So the TV guy hit the museums. The film critic went out to dinner. The pop music critic went to the opera. And so on.Along the way, they learned some things about art -- and the art of criticism. Back to: sptimes Floridian Taste

THE SERIES

SUNDAY An art critic goes to the movies: I liked it because I liked it

MONDAY A television critic looks at art: From the small screen to the big picture

TUESDAY A food critic goes to the dance: Sampling a smorgasbord of dance

WEDNESDAY A film critic goes out to dinner: Lights, spatula, action

THURSDAY A pop music critic goes to the opera: About the opera and all its dressing

FRIDAY A performing arts critic watches TV: Must-see TV is a misnomer

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