A Media Entry – Rambling Thoughts on Being Unenthusiastic

Or, “Why I give a damn.”

I often see responses to media criticism akin to, “Who cares?  It’s doesn’t matter in the real world.”  A fair point, I suppose, but not relevant to the criticism itself.  If someone is criticizing any kind of medium, one could safely assume it matters to them.  Pointing out that a movie or story or song doesn’t, for example, help starving children, is true but not helpful in context.  I’ve posted lots of entries illustrating I do give a damn about lots of things other people probably don’t, and I’ve tried to share my love of things and hope others might try it out and like it too.  But if my interests don’t align with someone else, too often I see my pain and suffering dismissed because, “Who cares?”  Well, I do, and this is my attempt to explain why with one particular example.