The variety of art and talent in today’s society has risen and it’s easily criticized by many. The article “Everyone’s a Critic. And that’s How it Should Be” written by A.O Scott states the different ideas of criticism now a days. Scott starts by speaking of the well known awards ceremony “The Oscars”. His idea of the Oscars is not quite positive since he writes in his article the amount of unfair nominations, stating: “The best film in any given year is almost guaranteed to be one that didn’t win or one that wasn’t nominated”. I completely agree with Scott in this argument due to the non rewarded work that Leonardo DiCaprio has done for years among a lot of other films or actors. On the other hand Scott also states the fact that everyone has a different perspective of things, as well as different criticism. We won’t all agree on a specific idea, but we have the freedom to speak our mind.

A.O Scott mentions the amount of control social media has achieved over the past few years. This generation revolves around the “trend” created by the internet. He worries about people caring more about what the reviews written online on a movie, product or even a person are in order to get an idea on how to proceed. This is making Scotts job as a critic less meaningful and more competitive. On the contrary, all of these online reviews are made by a segmented market group which would bring the audience closest to their desired decision. At the end of the day this is the best way to obtain your ideas.

Scott mentions how “the days of the all powerful critics are over” (2) because of social media and sadly this is a true statement. Times have changed, and we have to learn to adapt and find different ways to keep up and stay on top of our game.