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TttC – The Shag-a-Rant: It’s Not for You!
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It’s all about me.
It’s all about Glenn
So nobody’s allowed to critique anything anymore?
That’s not what you’re trying to say, but by saying “It’s not for you” to mean “quit complaining”, you’re conflating not liking something for valid reasons and critiquing art (a right everyone has) to judging other people based on what they like, which isn’t the same.
I actually dislike Justin Beiber a lot, because he’s anti-choice and says that rape happens for a reason. I don’t judge people who like his music as if they have some kind of moral failing. I dislike Twilight because the misogynistic, racist, abuse-idolizing content, and I point out those problems, but I don’t personally attack Twilight fans (though I might privately question their taste). I think that George Lucas didn’t make the prequels for children, he made them for money and money alone, and it shows. (Have you seen the Redlettermedia videos about the prequels? He does a good job pointing out how Phantom Menace is all over the place and how the prequels are in general so boring because all Lucas wanted was actors simply walking, standing, sitting while talking to each other in front of a green screen to exchange dialog instead of doing anything interesting, and how lazy that is. His critiques are actually very entertaining (if you can get past the creepy serial killing of prostitutes subplots he has going….yeah ngl those parts are just offensive), and a pretty good argument that critique is a creative, productive exercise.) But I’m not about to trash a little kid for dressing up like Padma.
Art is individual but up to a certain point, the production and distribution of art becomes an industry (like Hollywood, or the big two comic publishers, DC/Marvel), which in turn make up the massive entertainment industry. There are people out there who decide what gets published/distributed, and that has great impact on artists everywhere, no matter what kind of work they produce. What I’m saying is that if people don’t voice their displeasure at work that deserves critique and passively accept whatever is selling, how is anyone outside that structured formula that publishers/producers use supposed to get a chance at an equal market?
I think Shaggy’s rant is obviously not directed at people like you. In your comment you admit to not liking some franchises but you don’t go off on people who do. You seem like a reasonable person. But there are thousands of people who seem to be personally offended by some fandoms, who devote a lot of their time actively hating them, ridiculing them, even sometimes threatening them. We’re not talking about some healthy criticsm anymore… And to those people, the rant couldn’t be more appropriate. It’s not for you! Some people like it, let them!
Also I don’t agree with you a 100% about that last statement of yours. Criticsm does have its place but it’s not the only way for people to voice their displeasure and it’s not even the most influential way. As consumers, our choice to buy something or not buy it speaks for itself. When something is not a commercial success, the message is clear. And when it is a success, it does’t mean it’s good, but it means that enough people enjoy it for it to have reason to be there. And after that’s established, no amount of criticsm is going to change it, because it’s already satisfying the needs of its intended public. If we don’t like it, it’s just not meant for us and the best we can do is spend our money and time on something we do enjoy.
How come the video is set on private, now?