With the rise of cancel culture, it’s something that’s got me curious, why are so many works (music, literature, tv shows, etc.) no longer separated from their controversial makers? Is it purely to do with money (e.g. not wanting to give money to people you don’t agree with?) and what about controversial people who are dead? They don’t gain anything, so why isn’t the art separated from the artist? What’s your opinion on this topic?
Hmmm… ngl I feel like you overcomplicated that a little. You had me, then you lost me at excrement
The metaphor’s not that deep. Sometimes people cause actual harm. Sometimes they’re “only” what we colourfully name after the part of the anatomy that’s largely responsible for excrement.
People might disagree on where a particular artist falls, but either way, their work is tainted by it.