What is the point of having critics ?
20 April 2005, 05:24 PM
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What is the point of having critics ?
Food critics, movie critics, book critics...whatever. Why have them ?
Surely a critics view is just a single persons viewpoint? So why bother reading about it ? How can their viewpoint possibly be applicable to thousands of different people’s ?
Many times I have heard critics say "dont go & see this film/read this book etc etc as its rubbish" then gone along & seen the film they were panning - & really enjoyed it !
I mean it only makes sense if a critic shares the same likes/dislikes as the majority of their readers…..which makes them boring if everyone agrees & therefore a rubbish “critic”...I mean they have to be a little controversial dont they ?
Surely a critics view is just a single persons viewpoint? So why bother reading about it ? How can their viewpoint possibly be applicable to thousands of different people’s ?
Many times I have heard critics say "dont go & see this film/read this book etc etc as its rubbish" then gone along & seen the film they were panning - & really enjoyed it !
I mean it only makes sense if a critic shares the same likes/dislikes as the majority of their readers…..which makes them boring if everyone agrees & therefore a rubbish “critic”...I mean they have to be a little controversial dont they ?
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