Commentary

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Commentary or commentaries may refer to:

Publications

Commentary (magazine), a U.S. public affairs journal, founded in 1945 and formerly published by the American Jewish Committee
Caesar's Commentaries (disambiguation), a number of works by or attributed to Julius Caesar
Commentaries on the Laws of England, a 1769 treatise on the common law of England by Sir William Blackstone
Commentaries on Living, a series of books by Jiddu Krishnamurti originally published in 1956, 1958 and 1960
Commentary on Job, a sixth-century treatise by Saint Gregory
Commentary of Zuo, one of the earliest Chinese works of narrative history, covering the period from 722 to 468 BCE
Commentaries, a work attributed to Taautus

Commentary (philology), a line-by-line or even word-by-word explication of a text
Audio commentary track for DVDs, an additional audio track that plays in real time with video and comments on the video
Sports commentary or play-by-play, a running description of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast
- Color commentary, supplementing play-by-play commentary, often filling in any time when play is not in progress
Atthakatha, commentaries on the Pāli Canon in Theravāda Buddhism
Criticism, the practice of judging the merits and faults of something or someone
Commentary! The Musical, the musical commentary accompanying Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Commentary or narration, the words in a documentary film
Exegesis or Bible commentary, a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
Literary criticism, the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature
- Close reading in literary criticism, the careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of text
Political criticism or political commentary, criticism that is specific of or relevant to politics