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Despite how easy it is to criticize in theory, critics (think [[Roger Ebert]]) have a hard job of it. They need to be objective in their assessments not just to gain and maintain credibility in their audience's eyes, but also because it can completely overshadow and ruin the review itself as a work. Granted, critics are [[Most Writers Are Human|(probably)]] human and have pet peeves or favorites, and good/bad performances and dialogue are certainly open to criticism, but when these feelings get out of hand and leak into the review, things get worse.
If the critic has a strong bias against or in favor of a genre, style, director, actor, or what have you, '''''and''''' he allows that acerbic vitriol or blind admiration fill his review, he's driving a '''Bias Steamroller'''. [[Author Filibuster|The review stops being about the work and becomes about the element that inspires the bias]]; essentially boiling down to "I hate or love A; since work B has A in it, I hate or love work B; therefore you should (not) watch it."
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