Art and the Artist

orthodoc · 09-05-2007, 10:16 PM

I was going to say, it's a slam-dunk ... separate the art from the artist. If he wrote the best children's music books ever, let them stand on their own merits, and benefit his victims.

Then I thought about how I reacted when Woody Allen took up with his underage step-daughter; I didn't want to see his movies anymore, I was so disgusted. So I'm not consistent.

Somehow the music book issue seems clearer. Maybe because you wouldn't (presumably) have to look at the guy the entire time you're using the book?

09-05-2007, 10:16 PM	#4
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	I was going to say, it's a slam-dunk ... separate the art from the artist. If he wrote the best children's music books ever, let them stand on their own merits, and benefit his victims. Then I thought about how I reacted when Woody Allen took up with his underage step-daughter; I didn't want to see his movies anymore, I was so disgusted. So I'm not consistent. Somehow the music book issue seems clearer. Maybe because you wouldn't (presumably) have to look at the guy the entire time you're using the book? __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

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