Seth Rogen: Negative Reviews can be Devastating

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Seth Rogen Calls Negative Film Reviews “Devastating”: “I Know People Who Never Recover From It” https://t.co/hKDjyM6DkS
- Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) March 8, 2023
- "I think if most critics knew how much it hurt the people that made the things that they are writing about, they would second guess the way they write these things," he said on the

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[aawler]

valid thoughts but like everything in life, you have to learn how to not take things so personally

[goldenhera]

I don't think that sentiment tracks for art because it is so personal. If you pour yourself into a book, movie, painting, etc and it's rejected, that is a reflection of your thoughts, your feelings, being rejected. Realistically, if you put out a creative project, you just have to accept that you will be rejected.

[thatgum_youlike]

completely agree - working in any creative field means facing constant rejection, it's just part of the business. it's also important for artists to remember they can't please everyone; there will always be someone out there who just doesn't like what they're doing lol. and that's okay because art is personal for everyone!

[braindiva]

We all have to learn and live with the fact that not everyone loves us or everything we do, but rejection still hurts. It is personal when someone belittles something you laboured on and really believe in. The people not hurt by that, especially when the rejection is very public, tend to be insensitive, egomaniacal, narcissistic or delusional. (And we don't like those people either!)

Artists should not really consume too much of the criticism that is put out there because they are generally not the target audience for it, and a lot of criticism will not be helpful to their art anyway. I think good critics explore why they liked or didn't like something so as a consumer, I can decide whether I might find the thing interesting or not. But a lot of critics just like to be clever and slag people off/just gush about something in very superficial ways, and that helps no one.

[ari_angelique]

I didn't think The Interview was bad, just one of those movies you watch stoned while you eat Taco Bell as most of his movies are.

Happy International Women's Day, bbs!

[solsty]

Now imagine how performance reviews feel while you’re also being paid a barely livable wage.

[devopet]

Yeah, I think art can be very special but I also think the blood, sweat, and tears that non-artist people put into their everyday lives and work is always up for criticism and can be devastating.

[rosytintedflash]

lol this was teacher life to a fuckin' t

being ripped to shreds and made to feel like you're worthless and horrible when you're paid 5 dollars an hour

that industry (american) is so beyond broken

[angriest_girl]

Boo fucking hoo. Retire and cry into your money then.

[thereinventions]

Wasn't there controversy over "The Interview"?

When it comes to film critics, I think there are some who will never get some films, because they're male and/or white.

That film critic's review of "Turning Red" is an example of that.

[disarmingdevil]

The Interview was trying to satirize Kim Jong-Un, but seemed to rely on bullshit racist tropes that affect all asians.

https://medium.com/@maxine_builder/the-real-problem-with-the-interview-is-its-racism-not-its-satire-4d0cd30d5f0d

"But many of the jokes in The Interview are at the expense of well-worn Asian stereotypes, and the movie’s humor relies heavily on one-dimensional depictions of Asians that abound in American media that add little to the satire itself. As a Korean-American woman, I found the movie’s orientalism more offensive than any satirical depiction of Kim Jong-Un and the North Korean government."

[thereinventions]

Oh, so it's being held accountable that hurt him, not that critics called it a bad movie. Got it.

And I don't understand why, because he's still doing well and making movies.

[howlin_wolf_66]

People don't like it when they're constantly being praised and something they didn't do so well gets pointed out... Their fragile [male, usually] egos can't handle it.