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What does the growing divide on Rotten Tomatoes mean?

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  • Oct 16, 2022
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James McMahon
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Rotten Tomatoes (RT) found a way to get every last drop from the well of convenience. Film criticism is already pressured, tacitly by convention, or explicitly by editors and bosses... Show More

Rotten Tomatoes (RT) found a way to get every last drop from the well of convenience. Film criticism is already pressured, tacitly by convention, or explicitly by editors and bosses, to give bite-size scores with thumbs (up or down), stars (out of 4 or 5), letter grades (with memories of school report cards) or numbers…

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Blair Fix @blair_fix · Oct 16, 2022
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Thought-provoking analysis from @notes_on_cinema on the growing divide between how film critics and audiences rate films. (Spoiler: he finds that when you look at a broad range of films, the divide goes a different direction than you might think.)
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