Will Self - Sometimes it occurs to me that the job of a serious cultural critic mostly consists in t...

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Sometimes it occurs to me that the job of a serious cultural critic mostly consists in telling the generality of people that their opinions - on films, on books, on all manner of widgets, gadgets and even the latest electronic fidgets - simply aren't up to scratch.

Will Self

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Manchmal fällt es mir ein, dass die Aufgabe eines ernsthaften Kulturkritikers meist darin besteht, der Allgemeinheit der Menschen zu sagen, dass ihre Meinungen - über Filme, Bücher, Widgets, Gadgets und sogar die neuesten elektronischen Dinge - einfach nicht auf dem neuesten Stand sind Kratzen.

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