Just finished Xenocide. Yes I’m aware the author’s a homophobic piece of shit but he can write detailed storylines with complex and seemingly morally ambiguous characters. No I didn’t have to pay a single cent to read it.
Yeah, I’ve long held conflicting views of that series. Ender’s Game was a defining book of mine as a child. I even went to a book signing of Card when I was a freshman in high school, and still have the signed Ender’s Game book I got there. But he is a piece of shit. It really puts to the test the concept:
You can separate the art from the artist.
Is there a limit to that? I love the look of the Hugo Boss SS uniforms from WW2. Or is it because that artistry, those uniforms, were used to oppress and murder millions of people, that makes it distasteful?
Same with Hitler and his paintings.
I love Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects and think he is personally a deplorable pedophile and rapist. But by supporting his works, I’m supporting him as a person too, right?
I have debates with myself about this stuff all the time. I’m not sure where I stand, morally, on the whole idea of separating the art from the artist.
It took me a while to listen to Demons and Wizards again when I found out its guitarist was a Jan 6er. It helped that his collaborator almost immediately disassociated himself from the band.
It’s almost cliche now, but my wife has always loved the Harry Potter books and movies. It’s hard being a fan of that now. The new HBO series coming out will be an interesting test of the art vs artist
I’m not an HP fan, but I see all the terf stuff Rowling posts.
Do people expect the hbo series to be boycotted or otherwise negatively impacted because of Rowling views? Or do people expect that will have very little impact on the shows popularity?
I would guess the latter, but will be interesting to see.
Just finished Xenocide. Yes I’m aware the author’s a homophobic piece of shit but he can write detailed storylines with complex and seemingly morally ambiguous characters. No I didn’t have to pay a single cent to read it.
Yeah, I’ve long held conflicting views of that series. Ender’s Game was a defining book of mine as a child. I even went to a book signing of Card when I was a freshman in high school, and still have the signed Ender’s Game book I got there. But he is a piece of shit. It really puts to the test the concept:
You can separate the art from the artist.
Is there a limit to that? I love the look of the Hugo Boss SS uniforms from WW2. Or is it because that artistry, those uniforms, were used to oppress and murder millions of people, that makes it distasteful?
Same with Hitler and his paintings.
I love Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects and think he is personally a deplorable pedophile and rapist. But by supporting his works, I’m supporting him as a person too, right?
I have debates with myself about this stuff all the time. I’m not sure where I stand, morally, on the whole idea of separating the art from the artist.
I don’t know how to answer it either. I have debates with myself about it as well.
It took me a while to listen to Demons and Wizards again when I found out its guitarist was a Jan 6er. It helped that his collaborator almost immediately disassociated himself from the band.
It’s almost cliche now, but my wife has always loved the Harry Potter books and movies. It’s hard being a fan of that now. The new HBO series coming out will be an interesting test of the art vs artist
I’m not an HP fan, but I see all the terf stuff Rowling posts.
Do people expect the hbo series to be boycotted or otherwise negatively impacted because of Rowling views? Or do people expect that will have very little impact on the shows popularity?
I would guess the latter, but will be interesting to see.