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RM.'s avatar

This was so enjoyable to read! I feel like everyone fears 3 stars because it suggests mediocrity, which is such a human fear (for perfectionists anyway). With so much choice of content, it also doesn’t help out sheepy brains decide what to consume. :b I guess the impulse is you may as well go for a 4-5 star or 1 star cause it will hopefully provoke some sort of reaction.

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Neil Shurley's avatar

This reminded me of a less-than-enthusiastic review I gave to an original theatrical production a few years back and the playwright/lead actor badgered me for a long time to change my review because he couldn't use it to convince other theatres to stage his play. One of his final emails was filled with a lot of deliberate misspellings and a lament that he was suffering from some disease so I should go easy on him.

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