The Critical Drinker blames the failure of new Star Wars movies on the "deconstruction" of traditional heroic storytelling. It's a typically reactionary position that is ignorant of amazing storytellers who base their stories on deconstruction like Alan Moore, Iain M Banks and Terry Pratchett. It's clear that the Critical Drinker is not a critical thinker. But the problems with reactionary reviewers go much deeper.

00:00 Culture is not your friend 04:45 The critic vs the reviewer 08:59 The Critical Drinker is not a critical thinker 10:15 Gamergate and video game addiction 13:08 Reactionary reviewers celebrate addictions 15:36 Star Wars is the Big Mac of culture 19:07 The Hero's Journey is a tribal war story 21:24 The British deconstruction of scifi and fantasy 31:47 Only the critical thinker can escape the power of culture

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