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Critique: is it a laugh a minute these days?

Some short time ago, the Critique forum packed up all its cares and woe and moved from the main site into the comedic nirvana that is BCG Pro.

As I understand it, one of the reasons for the forum's being moved was that a number of talented would-be contributors had expressed concern at the prospect of their work-in-progress being seen by the great unwashed.

Would a BCG Pro member be kind enough to say whether or not the move has occasioned a tsunami of contributions from latter-day Sullivans, Clements, Le Frenaises, Eltons, Gervaises, Barkers, Cryers, Coogans, Crofts and Perries?

SCENE: A MEETING OF BOND-RELATED HOLLYWOOD BIGWIGS

PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE: Right, I've packed the Bond 25 script with witty remarks.

PRODUCER: Hmm, it looks okay but I think we'd better run it past the BCG Critique forum.

PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE: Christ, no! The oiks will see it!

PRODUCER: No, they won't. Critique is now part of BCG Pro and so only industry professionals and various hopefuls with far more money than sense will ever clap eyes on it. Such people are famous for NOT nicking material.

PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE: I've just started my period.

PRODUCER: Why are you telling us?

PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE: It's what I do.

END.

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