While some people loved Simon's reviews in "New York" magazine and others hated them, Simon suggested that many were quick to change positions, depending on what he thought of their latest work. Interviewed by Davi Napoleon for "The Paris Review", Simon described a photo taken with producer Joseph Papp who had "his arm around me after I've given him a good review, and for the picture back the next month because of a bad review." Lynn Redgrave and John Clark were particularly happy with his review of "Shakespeare for My Father", then about to debut on Broadway. Others have suggested that his negative criticism was mean-spirited, not constructive. For example, he was known for dwelling on what he saw as the physical flaws of those actors who displeased him: Wallace Shawn is "unsightly", Barbra Streisand's nose "cleaves the giant screen from east to west, bisects it from north to south. It zigzags across our horizon like a bolt of fleshy lightning", while Kathleen Turner is a "braying mantis".