Bloggers frequently come in for criticism from mainstream critics, practitioners, and to be honest, each other.
And many mainstream critics reacted badly.
Mr. Shaffer was among the early mainstream critics.
When "In the Face of Evil" was released, in October, 2004, mainstream critics were mostly dismissive.
When the novel was published in 1967, it met with acclaim from mostly white mainstream critics.
Mainstream critics have called it a masterpiece, one of the best television programmes ever made.
Ms. Schulman observes that, during McCullers's lifetime, "mainstream critics dismissed her as morbid and grotesque".
But many mainstream critics seem to have fallen out of love with Edinburgh.
Today, the explosion in online marketing campaigns is in part an attempt to bypass the mainstream critics and media altogether.
But after the opening, commercial producers began to call, even though the production had not been reviewed by mainstream critics.
Given Ms. Schulman's characterization of her, audiences could only leave the theater with the mainstream critics' impression.
