Deep Thoughts.
Oct. 24th, 2007 12:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cyranoSo, recently after purchasing tickets for the DropKick Murphys show next month, I heard second hand anecdotal evidence that the boys in the band are unpleasant racists. Which... I confess, did not entirely surprise me, but it did disappoint me greatly.
And it got me to thinking. How much does the artist affect/taint the art? Where does my support need to be cut off? Do I pay money for a print of a painting made by somebody who believes in the power of the unfettered free market? Do I go buy a CD from somebody who won't associate with black people? Do I see a movie starring somebody with Zionist or anti-Zionist professions? Or directed by somebody who has sex with underage partners?
All this assumes that those professed beliefs are not visible in the art itself. If some Oi band is writing songs about all the god damned Jews, then that's a much easier choice to make.
I strongly encourage, even politely request, that you share your thoughts on the matter.
And it got me to thinking. How much does the artist affect/taint the art? Where does my support need to be cut off? Do I pay money for a print of a painting made by somebody who believes in the power of the unfettered free market? Do I go buy a CD from somebody who won't associate with black people? Do I see a movie starring somebody with Zionist or anti-Zionist professions? Or directed by somebody who has sex with underage partners?
All this assumes that those professed beliefs are not visible in the art itself. If some Oi band is writing songs about all the god damned Jews, then that's a much easier choice to make.
I strongly encourage, even politely request, that you share your thoughts on the matter.
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Date: 2007-10-25 05:31 pm (UTC)If the product of an ass is good, unless the ass is TRULY repugnant, I will rarely boycott or avoid their work. I may very well try to make my displeasure with their position known, but I won't stop watching their stuff.
Another offshoot of this - if I *did* stop watching Bionic Woman because of Isaiah Washington, then it wouldn't be terribly fair to many of the other actors in the show who I *do* like.
It would *suck* to be an actor and have your very promising and fun show cancelled, just because the producers decided to hire someone with opinions that piss a bunch of people off, then viewers boycott, advertisers pull out, and the show dies. All for one person's off-screen comments?
I'd be pissed.