Originally Posted by Vasu
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The critic would have a job because he's gushing out with pleasure at the work of art.
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That's not a critic. That's a fan.
crit·ic
–noun
1. a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes
2. One who forms and expresses judgments of the merits, faults, value, or truth of a matter.
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When I run in a 100m dash, the winner is judged by who came first i.e who ran fastest. It's not judged by the fact that 1 of the sprinters lost a relative that morning and is therefore under emotional duress or by the fact that another of the sprinters ran more "elegantly". Similarly, art should also be judged by art alone.
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What Hrae said.
But also, art isn't measured by how many lines a poem has. Or how many brush strokes it took to create the art.
And as for your sports analogy, I think if you look at the Olympics and news coverage, stories are interesting because of the context and themes. Remember Derek Redmond?
His story is interesting and remember not because he finished first, but because of the context that he finished in.
Similarly, Kerri Strug.
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