AKA: Child's Play...God What Number Are They Up To?
So here's a question I was musing upon as I left the theater after seeing A Star Is Born: Is letting your external knowledge of a piece of media's creation affect your opinion a valid avenue of criticism? Would I feel less like A Star Is Born is fawning over the male lead to the detriment of the woman if I didn't know that the actor playing the male lead and the director were the same person? Would I be less generous to Clerks if I didn't know it was made on a shoestring budget by a man who had never directed a movie before? And would this episode feel less like a grab bag of Stephen King cliches if I didn't know Stephen King co-wrote it?
So here's a question I was musing upon as I left the theater after seeing A Star Is Born: Is letting your external knowledge of a piece of media's creation affect your opinion a valid avenue of criticism? Would I feel less like A Star Is Born is fawning over the male lead to the detriment of the woman if I didn't know that the actor playing the male lead and the director were the same person? Would I be less generous to Clerks if I didn't know it was made on a shoestring budget by a man who had never directed a movie before? And would this episode feel less like a grab bag of Stephen King cliches if I didn't know Stephen King co-wrote it?
