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I didn't mean that Schneider's reaction was a personal attack. It demonstrates a thin skin, ignorance, and probably poor judgement, and was factually wrong, but he doesn't actually take personal shots at Goldstein, instead attacking, badly, his job qualifications.
That wasn't what my title referred to.
I was interested in why there were so many comments in the discussion groups I saw about Roger's physical appearnce, mostly his weight, but also his age, the saggy skin that's resulted from his massive weight loss, his recovery from cancer, his sexuality (many posters seem to think he's gay, which is untrue) and so on.
I'm wondering while I'm reading such comments, first what any of this has to do with the quality of his criticism, and second, why people tend to react to criticism of a movie (or book, or tv show) they like as if it were a criticism of them.
I've seen students get into a fight over whether Napoleon Dynamite was a good movie, or which rap artist was better. Being a fan of Rob Shneider doesn't make you Rob Shneider. If a critic takes a swipe at a movie you like, he's not taking a swipe at you.
Gilda
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