Hitsville is a fan of negative reviews, not to be cruel, but because for any number of reasons there is a tendency for some reviewers and many publications to stay on the positive tip.

Still, for a certain class of work, bad reviews do occur. Sometimes, it might even be because they deserve it. A story in the Times today takes a trip down Broadway’s memory lane to a show called “Moose Murders,” written by one Arthur Bicknell, often called the worst show in Broadway history:

“If your name is Arthur Bicknell—or anything like it—change it,” declared Dennis Cunningham, the critic at the CBS affiliate in New York.

Critics described “Moose Murders” as “titanically bad” and “indescribably bad,” a play that “would insult the intelligence of an audience consisting entirely of amoebas” (Brendan Gill, The New Yorker), that looked as it were staged by “a blind director repeatedly kicked in the groin” (John Simon, New York magazine).