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One of the women coming forward in the article talks about this and points to Roman Polanski as an example. The trouble with separating the artist and the art
by pfranz 9y ago
One of the women coming forward in the article talks about this and points to Roman Polanski as an example.
The trouble with separating the artist and the art means that people can ignore or enable the artist's bad behavior in order to get more art. I really think the Harvey Weinstein allegations gained a critical mass partially because professionally he hadn't been doing as well over the past few years.
It's hard to draw the line at enjoy, but don't romanticize. I think it's a bit easier to appreciate previous works or a dead artist. But, if you're going to dwell on the negative side of everything it'll be hard to appreciate anything.
- taeric 9y agoIt doesn't have to be that way. We can raise the bar on artists as well as art. Independently.
- mercer 9y agoCan we, though? Honest question. I'm inclined to think we as a species are not really capable of maintaining that kind of distinction, especially when significant imbalances in power are part of the equation.
- taeric 9y agoApologies for not just responding. I want to say this is wrong, but I confess I am not equipped to really tackle the question.