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Originally Posted by Despare
A: I fully believe you can criticize anything without having the talent to make it. Saying that is like saying you have to be able to make a video game before you know if you like one or not and are allowed to voice your opinion on it.
B: Ebert did make a movie and it was... interesting. Go rent Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.
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Let's not step around the point of this thread, it isn't about if someone can criticize something they can't do themselves. Anyone can do that, your right, doesn't mean they know what they are talking about. I know very little about sports, but I can rattle off enough to make someone believe I know what I am talking about. The question is whether Roger Ebert has the right to call something art or not art. And he wrote Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, so by that he does have some sort of artistic talent, I think he should stick up for art.