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7 Microlog entries tagged with ‘criticism’
How to be a fan of problematic things
“As fans, sometimes we need to remember that the things we like don’t define our worth as people. So there’s no need to defend them from every single criticism or pretend they are perfect.” For me this goes for stuff like The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises as much as it does for the ‘isms’ tied up in stuff like Game of Thrones. Permalink ·
Wikipedia entry on Sturgeon’s Law
Commonly cited as ‘90 per cent of everything is crap’. I couldn’t agree more. Permalink ·
Dead Homer Society
“An online home for Simpsons fans who outright despise most, if not all, of the double-digit seasons but revere the old ones the way religious types do their stupid books.” I’m in and out of this camp. Certainly The Simpsons’ best years were more than a decade ago. But I think the writing of late has got better, at least intermittently, than the dark days of the early ’00s. Permalink ·
The Mona Lisa Curse on YouTube
Robert Hughes’ documentary on the corruption of art in the commercialised world (previously broadcast on Channel 4). His disdain for the bullshit of the contemporary art world is refreshing. Permalink ·
Accusations of anti-semitic chic are poisonous intellectual thuggery
A surprisingly tabloidish headline (for The Guardian) hides a pretty nuanced and fair analysis of attitudes on all sides of this debate. Permalink ·
Top 10 Reasons Why King Kong Was A Disappointment
I wasn’t blown away either, but not for any of these reasons [c/o Projectionist]. Permalink ·
There’s an annoying article in today’s Observer about online music criticism and something called ‘Blog-ish’
I wish journalists wouldn’t try to pass judgement about topics they’re completely unfamiliar with. The Pitchfork criticism might be valid, I’ll give that much, but ‘Blog-ish’? What is this person on about? And is there are shortage of subeditors at the Observer right now? Because frankly, it shows. Permalink ·
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