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[[File:your-movie-sucks-777018-193x300.jpg|link=Roger Ebert|frame|Spoken in his [[Sophisticated As Hell|official capacity as a Pulitzer Prize winner]]. ]] |
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Not to be confused with [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Like]]. |
Not to be confused with [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Like]]. |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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* Ellsworth Toohey of ''[[The Fountainhead]]'' |
* Ellsworth Toohey of ''[[The Fountainhead]]'' |
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== In-Universe Examples == |
== In-Universe Examples == |
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== [[Film]] - Animated == |
=== [[Film]] - Animated === |
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSoHkadTAxc&feature=related Anton Ego] from ''[[Ratatouille]]''. Then again, this trope is lampshaded to a T during [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPfN_zYKxNQ his final review] in the film... |
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSoHkadTAxc&feature=related Anton Ego] from ''[[Ratatouille]]''. Then again, this trope is lampshaded to a T during [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPfN_zYKxNQ his final review] in the film... |
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== [[Film]] - Live Action == |
=== [[Film]] - Live Action === |
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* From the descriptions of his typical reviews, Mortimer Brewster of ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace]]'' seems to be one of these. |
* From the descriptions of his typical reviews, Mortimer Brewster of ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace]]'' seems to be one of these. |
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== [[Live Action Television]] == |
=== [[Live Action Television]] === |
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* ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' has music critic Barney Bittman, played by the legendary [[Gilbert Gottfried]]. |
* ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' has music critic Barney Bittman, played by the legendary [[Gilbert Gottfried]]. |
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== [[Theater]] == |
=== [[Theater]] === |
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* ''[[Cyrano De Bergerac]]'': Cyrano critics your artistic work without any pity, and given the play is a [[Period Piece]], [[Foregone Conclusion|Cyrano is always right]] [[Historical Fiction|in his critics]]: [[Giftedly Bad|Montfleury]] was a ''"An actor villainous!"'' (and then Cyrano kicks him out the theater), [[Fan Dumb|les Précieuses]] could ''"Inspire our verse, but—criticise it not!"'', [[Sturgeon's Law|playwright Baró’s]] ''"verses are not worth a doit! I'm glad to interrupt"'' (Baró’s play). [[Magnificent Bastard|Cardenal]] [[Small Name, Big Ego|Richelieu]] ([[Man Behind the Man|famous politician]], [[Renaissance Man|wrote plays as a hobby]]) ''"is an author. 'Twill not fail to please him that I should mar a brother-author's play"''. Cyrano also is fair, of his own talent he thinks: ''"Not to mount high"'' and about Molière, Cyrano thinks he’s a ''"genius"''. |
* ''[[Cyrano De Bergerac]]'': Cyrano critics your artistic work without any pity, and given the play is a [[Period Piece]], [[Foregone Conclusion|Cyrano is always right]] [[Historical Fiction|in his critics]]: [[Giftedly Bad|Montfleury]] was a ''"An actor villainous!"'' (and then Cyrano kicks him out the theater), [[Fan Dumb|les Précieuses]] could ''"Inspire our verse, but—criticise it not!"'', [[Sturgeon's Law|playwright Baró’s]] ''"verses are not worth a doit! I'm glad to interrupt"'' (Baró’s play). [[Magnificent Bastard|Cardenal]] [[Small Name, Big Ego|Richelieu]] ([[Man Behind the Man|famous politician]], [[Renaissance Man|wrote plays as a hobby]]) ''"is an author. 'Twill not fail to please him that I should mar a brother-author's play"''. Cyrano also is fair, of his own talent he thinks: ''"Not to mount high"'' and about Molière, Cyrano thinks he’s a ''"genius"''. |
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== [[Web Original]] == |
=== [[Web Original]] === |
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* ''[[Pittsburgh Dad]]'' rips the first ''[[Twilight]]'' movie to shreds in his spoiler-laden review. |
* ''[[Pittsburgh Dad]]'' rips the first ''[[Twilight]]'' movie to shreds in his spoiler-laden review. |
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== [[Western Animation]] == |
=== [[Western Animation]] === |
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* Jay Sherman of ''[[The Critic]]'', whose catch phrase is "It Stinks!" (Although most of what he [[Show Within a Show|was reviewing]] [[Stylistic Suck|really did look absolutely terrible]].) |
* Jay Sherman of ''[[The Critic]]'', whose catch phrase is "It Stinks!" (Although most of what he [[Show Within a Show|was reviewing]] [[Stylistic Suck|really did look absolutely terrible]].) |
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