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jackhammer · 12-07-2012, 07:06 PM

Critics are people that are completely necessary in regards to their job in telling you and me what is good or bad but if your job is one solely of critique then I feel that they can become so isolated and inured to a fresh perspective or angle that their views are obscured.

You can't just sit in a little box and critique everything if you are immune from outside influences. Opinions change, social climates change and so does the steady march of civilisation and if you are not a part of that then it is easy to be stuck in a rut.

Word of mouth will always pique my interest far more than a single critic. Paradoxically there is always one critic out there who shoves a gem in our face but we are far too concerned with the the debris surrounding it and it's origins to dismiss it.

Everyone's a critic and we are all good and bad at the job in equal measure.

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Critics are people that are completely necessary in regards to their job in telling you and me what is good or bad but if your job is one solely of critique then I feel that they can become so isolated and inured to a fresh perspective or angle that their views are obscured. You can't just sit in a little box and critique everything if you are immune from outside influences. Opinions change, social climates change and so does the steady march of civilisation and if you are not a part of that then it is easy to be stuck in a rut. Word of mouth will always pique my interest far more than a single critic. Paradoxically there is always one critic out there who shoves a gem in our face but we are far too concerned with the the debris surrounding it and it's origins to dismiss it. Everyone's a critic and we are all good and bad at the job in equal measure. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”