What are some of your least favorite film critic cliches?

I think you may be misunderstanding what the person is saying.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but you’re talking about reviewers that think media depicting something is an endorsement of it by said media (ex: “Movie has murder, thus the director/writer wants murder to happen!”). That’s not what the person you’re replying to is talking about at all.

They’re talking about the weirdo neckbeard reviewers that think any movie that has some type of minority in it is “woke” simply because they exist in it. Double if they’re a main character. Triple if there’s other media where they’re depicted/represented in some previous media by a white dude.

It’s a disingenuous, politically-charged way of dismissing a movie without any further analyzation. Let’s me know I can ignore a reviewer and I wouldn’t miss out on anything of substance.

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