History Main / CausticCritic

* An artist named Harry Joiner critiques Spencer's sculptures in an episode of ''{{iCarly}}'', which sends him into a depression.

->"''...I found my self typing, and I quote: 'I hated this movie. Hated, hated, hated, hated, hated this movie. Hated it. Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting moment of it.' Un-quote and so on.''"
-->-- '''RogerEbert''' on ''{{North}}'' (again) in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRtRWSN7EO8&feature=related#t=7m41s the "Worst of 1994" special]]

->"''YOU'RE TOO F*CKING NICE!''"

* [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/FireBlog/154468544591691 The FireBlog]] gives text reviews of overrated TV shows, and is currently working on [[TheMiddle The Middle]]. It will also make fun of idiots on IMDb. Apparently, nobody is safe from the FIreBlogger.

* [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/FireBlog/154468544591691 The FireBlog]] gives text reviews of overrated TV shows, and is currently working on [[TheMiddle The Middle]].

** Criticizing a stage performance by KatherineHepburn (one of this troper's favorites of her quotes):
--->"She ran the gamut of emotion from A to B."

** Criticizing a stage performance by KatherineHepburn (one of this troper's favorites of her quotes):
--->"She ran the gamut of emotion from A to B."

** One classic literary examples is Mark Twain's 'Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses.'

-->"This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be [[DarthWiki/WallBanger hurled with great force]]."

Enter the Caustic Critic, whose job it is not only to review the work in question, but also to call it names until it cries like a little girl. Why? Because it's [[RuleOfFunny funny]]. That said, the Caustic Critic is almost always [[YourMileageMayVary rather divisive]], especially when he [[HePannedItNowHeSucks takes on a generally well-liked]] game/show/movie/album/book/manga/anime/webcomic/webcartoon/fanfic[=/=][[BreadEggsMilkSquick plat]][[EverythingsBetterWithPlatypi ypus]].

** It's such a shame that that is the only part of the show that comes close to being remotely funny.

** Parodied in the Flash Tub's [[http://www.somethingawful.com/d/flash-tub/furious-famicom-faggot.php Furious Famicom Faggot]].

-->-- '''RogerEbert''' on ''{{North}}'' (again) in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRtRWSN7EO8&feature=related the "Worst of 1994" special]]

->"''I hated this movie. Hated, hated, hated, hated, hated this movie. Hated it. Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting moment of it."

->"''I hated this movie. Hated, hated, hated, hated, hated this movie. Hated it. Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting moment of it. Hated the sensibility that thought anyone would like it. Hated the implied insult to the audience by its belief that anyone would be entertained by it.''"
-->-- '''RogerEbert''' on ''{{North}}''

Enter the Caustic Critic, whose job it is not only to review the work in question, but also to call it names until it cries like a little girl. Why? Because it's [[RuleOfFunny funny]]. That said, the Caustic Critic is almost always [[YourMileageMayVary rather divisive]], especially when he [[HePannedItNowHeSucks takes on a generally well-liked]] game/show/movie/album/book/manga/anime/webcomic/webcartoon/fanfic[=/=][[BreadEggsMilkSquick plat]][[EverythingsBetterWithPlatypus ypus]].

Not to be confused with ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike.

** Probably the definitive quote on caustic humour:
--> "There must be criticism, for humor, to my mind, is encapsulated in criticism."
** Criticizing a stage performance by Katherine Hepburn (one of this troper's favorites of her quotes):
---> "She ran the gamut of emotion from A to B."
* Even RogerEbert has been in on the act; one of his books, ''I Hated, Hated, Hated, Hated, '''Hated''' This Movie'', is a collection of his most quotable reviews of SoBadItsGood and SoBadItsHorrible movies.

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* We got this far and no one mentioned Adam Sessler of {{X-Play}}?
** Who could forget, "I'd rather french kiss my grandma than play this game."

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->''"I hated this movie. Hated, hated, hated, hated, hated this movie. Hated it. Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting moment of it. Hated the sensibility that thought anyone would like it. Hated the implied insult to the audience by its belief that anyone would be entertained by it."''
--> -- '''RogerEbert''' on ''{{North}}''

->''"YOU'RE TOO F* CKING NICE!"''
--> -- '''TheNostalgiaCritic''' on Ebert's quote (after reviewing said movie)

* Dorothy Parker made her living as a literary and theatre critic, as well as writing several books of poetry and short stories. Famous for her acerbic wit, she's one of the most quoted writers in US literature. She's also known as a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table, the most prominent New York literary circle prior to [=WW2=].
-->"This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be [[WallBanger hurled with great force]]."

--> "She ran the gamut of emotion from A to B."

* When not writing himself, EdgarAllenPoe was a well-known literary critic that ''tore apart'' everything.

* {{Mark Kermode}} of TheBBC has a (deserved) reputation for this, especially regarding PiratesOfTheCaribbean including some suggestions that everyone involved with a movie hang their heads in shame, that a film be buried in an underground bunker filled with toxic waste, and that a film was akin to the experience of smashing one's head into a glass door elongated to ninety minutes.

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* TheOnion parodies this with the article [[http://www.theonion.com/content/news/awful_man_offers_witty_acerbic "Awful Man Offers Witty, Acerbic Take On Everything He Sees"]], portraying the said critic as a {{Jerkass}} killjoy who claims to get away with everything he says just out of how funny he does it.

** So he invoked GodwinsLaw to criticize cheap "emotional manipulation"? Don't they call that {{irony}}?

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* ThatGuyWithTheGlasses as [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic The Nostalgia Critic]] does this to old kids’ shows and movies.

*** To be fair, out of all the movies they could do that to, [[SoBadItsHorrible ''that'' movie totally deserved it]].

* ''The Bad Webcomic Wiki'' although does post good parts for the SoBadItsGood, GuiltyPleasures ones

--> -- '''[[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses The Nostalgia Critic]]''' on Ebert's quote (after reviewing said movie)

** The site also features the Nostalgia Chick, the Critic’s female counterpart