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* [[Kevin Smith]] himself said that ''Jersey Girl'' wasn't for critics.
** Which ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/3/24/ spoofed], creating [[Dada Comics|Dada Characters]] Twisp and Catsby (ironically, what they intended as [[Stylistic Suck]] wound up getting a fan following).
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'''Gabe''': It's not ''for'' you. }}
*** He took it even further after the release (and critical drubbing) of ''[[Cop Out]]'', saying that films in general aren't for critics, but for fans.
* Maryann Johanson [http://www.flickfilosopher.com/blog/2010/06/060810marmaduke_review.html on the film adaptation] of ''[[Marmaduke]]'':
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* [[Moviebob]] expressed his disapproval of the notion that just because a movie "isn't trying", that makes it immune to criticism. He gave the example of ''[[The Expendables]]'', saying that its problem wasn't that it was a big dumb action movie, but that it was a bad big dumb action movie.
* [[Seltzer and Friedberg]] defenders (yes they do exist) often use this excuse. "I know they're stupid lame jokes, they're supposed to be stupid lame jokes." Ignoring that there's a right and a wrong way to do even [[Lampshade Hanging|lame humor]] and that if the audience can't tell you're doing it on purpose, it can still be judged as having failed.
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