It’s something I struggle with. Some bad news comes out about some public persona doing something shitty and they get cancelled. But sometimes I really struggle with giving up the things they’ve made because I like them. There are also occasions where the person has been accused of something and it doesn’t seem true to me, or I think they’re genuinely sorry and have been punished enough, and the context isn’t being considered.
What do you think? Who do you feel conflicted about enjoying?
I don’t enjoy or like public figures. Having never met them, I cannot like them. I do enjoy the works or products of some people, and knowing the person(s) who created something can influence my chances of consuming it.
There are some people who have done, or accused of doing bad things, but they have created works that I enjoyed.
AKA, I never “liked” Neil Gaiman. But I do like American Gods.
Fair. I wish the art people made wasn’t tainted by their behaviour.
Like I have a soft spot for Vince Neil even though he killed people drunk driving, because of how his poor little daughter died and how badly it’s affected him. I can’t help it.
and sandman too. unfortunately with neftflix being too stingy and gaiman have all the SA/SH accusations agains tthem, we wont have anymore series or shows out of his work.
I can get onboard with separate the art from the artist, mostly. Especially if you’re not paying for the content, arrgh.
I find it hard to look at them without thinking of what they did, though. It’s hard for me to see past the artist to the art, when the artist is so shitty. I mean, he’s right there in my face, and I know what he did, so that’s all I’m thinking about when they’re acting.
Public people should do everything they can to keep their private lives private. Some of them are very good at it, so it is possible.