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Remember that boycott of the Ender's Game movie LGBT nerds put on?
I loved the book but boycotting the movie was too easy for me because after I read his political / religious statements, I didn't WANT to see the movie.
Now, if it were all talk, I could have overlooked it, maybe. It was that O.S.C. was actively spending time and money influencing politics while running his mouth. It wasn't like I was forcing myself to miss the movie. I didn't want to see it because I saw the guy in the work.
It made me a little angry that he ruined his name with me when I wanted to like things his name was on.
I heard another quote recently. "The lower the stakes, the harder they fight." I have some money in some ETFs that invest in the S&P 500, or Small / Large Cap funds, shit like that. So I am personally invested in and making money in companies I personally do not like, who are actively doing things I hate. I probably make money when Tyson farms makes money, even though I plaster my facebook page with animal rights shit and only by humane meat.
Which makes me feel like a hypocrite. Why am I quick to shit on O.S.C. when I personally have money invested in people doing the wrong thing?
It isn't just hypocrisy. I'm not saying it is free of that and I recognize there's something there.
Even the recognition of it doesn't make me suddenly want to see Ender's Game. The film is still tainted by association for me.
People say art should stand on its own, apart from the artist. I don't think it can. If the art makes money and that money is spent to bring something else, like hate, into the world, then is that what the art becomes about?
Do artists need remain neutral politically if they want their art to remain neutral?
I loved the book but boycotting the movie was too easy for me because after I read his political / religious statements, I didn't WANT to see the movie.
Now, if it were all talk, I could have overlooked it, maybe. It was that O.S.C. was actively spending time and money influencing politics while running his mouth. It wasn't like I was forcing myself to miss the movie. I didn't want to see it because I saw the guy in the work.
It made me a little angry that he ruined his name with me when I wanted to like things his name was on.
I heard another quote recently. "The lower the stakes, the harder they fight." I have some money in some ETFs that invest in the S&P 500, or Small / Large Cap funds, shit like that. So I am personally invested in and making money in companies I personally do not like, who are actively doing things I hate. I probably make money when Tyson farms makes money, even though I plaster my facebook page with animal rights shit and only by humane meat.
Which makes me feel like a hypocrite. Why am I quick to shit on O.S.C. when I personally have money invested in people doing the wrong thing?
It isn't just hypocrisy. I'm not saying it is free of that and I recognize there's something there.
Even the recognition of it doesn't make me suddenly want to see Ender's Game. The film is still tainted by association for me.
People say art should stand on its own, apart from the artist. I don't think it can. If the art makes money and that money is spent to bring something else, like hate, into the world, then is that what the art becomes about?
Do artists need remain neutral politically if they want their art to remain neutral?
