Reply To: FSM # 21: Are we too critical?

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GerateWohl
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A critic would respond to this by saying “Oh, so you like everything, eh? You have no discerning taste?”. No, I don’t think this openness to the artform necessarily means that you lose your critical sense. It can easily be employed to discern quality within each artistic expression.

It’s more about attitude, really.

But, I mean you are a professional critic, Thor. And I as an amateur would think, being a critic should not be so much about taste. Of course a critic can state his or her opinion. But opinioniest reviews are usually rather boring and not very informative. In that sense I am on your side. A review should tell me more than if a movie a score or a book fits the critic’s brillant taste or not.