Edit for reasoning-I tend to enjoy mean spirited funny stuff sometimes. Creators are typically kind of shitty/immoral people but I still enjoy it. I feel conflicted sometimes but still end up watching and enjoying.
Edit for reasoning-I tend to enjoy mean spirited funny stuff sometimes. Creators are typically kind of shitty/immoral people but I still enjoy it. I feel conflicted sometimes but still end up watching and enjoying.
yes and so does everyone. you literally cannot avoid it, stop caring. you will drive yourself insane.
You can still try to minimise your engagement.
i honestly ask why bother? if the art itself contains nothing of the artist’s actions or personal support then let it speak for itself otherwise you have to screen every piece of art you consume even in passing. exhausting. shitty people are everywhere.
Best example is JK Rowling who uses the money she makes with her art to harm people. I don’t want to support that. Also, I think it’s important that shitty people who have public personas experience public consequences so as to deter other shitty people.
That person had a bit of a bad reputation after a bunch of people came forward about how they were molested? But otherwise they kept making money with their art and are now richer than ever? Cool, I’mma go show my genitalia to my secretary again!
That person lost everything when their shittiness became known because people refused to engage with their art? I better think twice about how I treat my subordinates.
I also don’t feel good about consuming art where people had to work together with shitty people and put themselves in danger doing so. No you can’t always decide who you work with.
Yes it can be exhausting to keep track of what to avoid. Tough titties. It’s not as hard as what victims of shitty people have to endure.
again, it’s different if the person is visibly doing harm based on their work or because of it. yeah it’d make sense to cut support. but we’re not talking specifically about people like Rowling, the question is about “bad people” which is a spectrum. an artist you like is probably racist due to certain things uncovered? okay you can stop listening to them but there are 12 other artists you like who are racist and you don’t even know, and let’s say one of those 12 created something instrumental in your life that defined your own love of art. now what?
How does that clash with what I said? I’ll stop supporting them. I might continue listening to the music I already have (if it means that much to me) but I’m not buying anything new.
it doesn’t clash but i never said to apply this to artists whose work is more damaging or is used as such lol. i was responding to your comment is all.
Yeah I suppose thats true.
it sucks and i hate it, but evil people can make great art. the art itself is innocent (unless it portrays the artist themselves) and deserves its own reputation.