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Originally Posted by martinguerre
for many people, what they do is so central to their entire idenity, that to attack their work (in their mind) is to attack them personally.
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i agree with that 100%. but, since that isn't the discussion the op was intending...
as to why people felt the need to attack the critic personally, well, for one it is easy.
but keep in mind too, the primary responsibility of a critic is to offer his or her opinion. a person can agree or disagree as they like. but if you feel that the actor is the best ever and oozing with talent, hearing someone say his movie sucks is going to put many people on the defensive on some level. supported or not, our opinions are a large part of how we define ourselves. if you say my favorite movie sucks and is a waste of time, what does that say about me? and the jump from feeling defensive to becoming offensive is often quite small.