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The Abiding Fakery of Film Criticism

Critics are incapable of honesty

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Ben Domenech
Jan 31, 2024
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Jacob Savage.

Much is made over the disparity between critics’ and fans’ Rotten Tomatoes scores—as if highbrow critics can no longer relate to the unslakable thirst of a middlebrow audience for Hollywood’s superhero IP machine. But it’s not that critics ignore flyover hits (Yellowstone; Sound of Freedom) or elevate poorly made agitprop, which they often …

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