<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishWanachekeshaji walipendekeza mshindano kati ya mchambuzi wa New Republic Robert Brustein na mwandishi mweusi wa michezo ya kuigiza August Wilson juu ya ukumbi wa michezo wa Afrocentric kama toleo la kiakili la mapigano makali Frank Rich, New York Times, lakini mjadala ulihukumiwa kuwa flop - mengi ya bravado ya kupigana na malipo kidogo.  <response>: Critics hyped the face-off between New Republic theater critic Robert Brustein and black playwright August Wilson over Afrocentric theater as the intellectual version of extreme fighting Frank Rich, the New York Times . But the debate was judged to be a flop--lots of combative bravado and little payoff. 