That's my argument to people when they complain about stuff like George Lucas ruining Star Wars or the new Pixies album being awful (which I absolutely don't think is the case). If you don't like it, go make your own shit. It's the critic problem. Critics are critics because they can't be creative.
Believe me, Ian, we really don't want most people writing novels, stories, or poems, or creating paintings. 99% of people really suck at those things. But many of those suck-at-being-creative people are very good at being outraged. So you'd take away their outlet? It was for this that the internet was created. If you're outraged about their outrage...ignore it. You saw the best minds of your generation destroyed by...angriness? No. Not the best. Just the rest.
I've found it much easier to rail against an alleged slight on the internet than to deal with my own fucked-up life. I am far from unique in this behavior.
Maybe you should try doing something other than commenting on other people's work, Todd. I've seen people grow creatively in leaps and bounds and go from someone you'd want to ignore to someone you would pay to see.
Thanks, Ian. Maybe I will. But not everyone will. And they still get their say, even if you consider them terribly negative and uncreative. And Louis will be fine. At least until the day no one bothers to become outraged about him any more.
Not sure the problem with think pieces about interesting/creative/smart television. Even if tinged with criticism. Making something doesn't mean it's unassailable. TV has gotten smarter and better, hence the criticisms of it, as well. Yea, there's always a bellowing of gutter buttholes and solipsistic clods around a cultural product but despite it, discourse around most mediums has been heightened and I think it's worthwhile.
Wow, this is some tedious, cliché-ridden, moralistic, scoldy shit. Maybe the guy's a brilliant comedian (don't know, haven't seen him), but he's a dreary columnist.
"Wow, this is some tedious, cliché-ridden, moralistic, scoldy shit. Maybe the guy's a brilliant comedian (don't know, haven't seen him), but he's a dreary columnist.
(just kidding I suck at biscuits, save it for some $4 toast, which is too much to spend on toast but I'm sure will taste great)
Can't believe you gave him his gig back.
"Wow, this is some tedious, cliché-ridden, moralistic, scoldy shit. Maybe the guy's a brilliant comedian (don't know, haven't seen him), but he's a dreary columnist.
Can't believe you gave him his gig back."
Is just fancy talk for "This guy blows."
You're just a typical, heckling nothing.
(Fuck the world for the win!)
Also, best to you in your career.