 New York Times critic Frank Rich said of the 1992 London production : " What is remarkable about Mr. Hytner 's direction , aside from its unorthodox faith in the virtues of simplicity and stillness , is its ability to make a 1992 audience believe in Hammerstein 's vision of redemption , which has it that a dead sinner can return to Earth to do godly good . " The Hytner production in New York was hailed by many critics as a grittier Carousel , which they deemed more appropriate for the 1990s . Clive Barnes of the New York Post called it a " defining Carousel — hard @-@ nosed , imaginative , and exciting . " 
