| Sky Render said: Incidentally, "quality" is not a valid answer to that question, though you probably think it is. "Quality" is entirely relative to the values of the person observing the product, and thus has no measurable value. If you wish to gauge a product solely upon such criteria, then you are judging by a faulty and unscientific method, which will only serve to justify your own views of the term "quality". |
Some products have measurable levels of quality. Porno, for example, has a relatively easy to notice level of quality for any particular person.
But, good idea, lets do away with all reviews of all types of arts. They are pointless and only show one person's point of view. This argument of elitist versus common man has been done before, and by scholars with much better abilities of articulation. I read a bad ass essay in my Music in Film class about just such an argument. The thing is, some people enjoy diggin deep into something and getting more than what is at face value.
I swore America was dumb as hell when Kangaroo Jack was number one at the box office the weekend it came out. This movie should not have made $70 million dollars. Hell, the movie should not have made $2. I only wish that I wasn't a manager of a theater at that time, because we always screened movies on Thursday night to make sure they were built properly.
