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First, no one has to like every musical genre out there. But if you don't happen to like a particular genre, that's not really a good justification for snarky snipes at people who are really excellent at performing within that genre. A lot of you don't like power ballads. Fine. That means you won't like the artists who write power ballad songs and/or sing them. We all get that.
I don't like rap, but that doesn't mean I automatically also mock and belittle the work of performers who started out as rappers who also work as actors. I won't listen to Ice Cube rap, but I've almost always enjoyed his work as an actor. Whether you like Bolton's power ballads or not, his work as an actor, even if only in cameos where he plays a version of himself, is something different and should be evaluated separately from his music.
I don't like rap, but that doesn't mean I automatically also mock and belittle the work of performers who started out as rappers who also work as actors. I won't listen to Ice Cube rap, but I've almost always enjoyed his work as an actor. Whether you like Bolton's power ballads or not, his work as an actor, even if only in cameos where he plays a version of himself, is something different and should be evaluated separately from his music.