People love Clapton but hate Tr*mp... Pick a lane. Clapton is a racist, white nationalist POS. How about some all-across-the-board hatred for fascists? Or does being mediocre at guitar tr*mp ideology?
@theunabeefer It's been my experience that people *loved* Clapton. Past tense.
@RCLZ I still see posts (even on here) of people fawning over him ... But also, I can absolutely separate the art from the artist. I love Firefly and the IT Crowd despite, I guess, the toxic creators... I feel, as long as you acknowledge the bad. It's the rest of the people involved that should be celebrated. Much like the Harry Potter movies.
@theunabeefer There are places I draw the line. I read the first couple of Rowlings mystery books. No more.
There are songs Clapton plays that I don't own but when they come on the radio or whatever I don't turn the channel, it's passive and he's getting no many from me.
@RCLZ That's how I am with people like Spacey and Pitt... There are things I've loved and watched and still love, but they won't get any new money from me. As for Rowling, and things like that, I feel it transcends the initial creative and becomes belonging to the people who brought it to life. What the Potter books and movies meant to people isn't negated... Simply excise the toxic creator from it, and I'm saying this as an author.
@RCLZ I just know far too many people, trans, gay, bi, etc, whose lives were made better through the HP community and fandom and connected with the actors etc.... There comes a time when the community belongs to them, and no longer to the original creator, it's transcended beyond that one person and the art belongs now to the community that exists because of the art itself, and not because of the artist.
@RCLZ I think that's a big deal of why the Fantastic Beasts movies are floundering (the next one possibly being nixed)... People can appreciate what the prior art has brought to their lives, while simultaneously deciding not to contribute to the future/current works of the artist.
@theunabeefer As it should be. They had no problem axing Johnny Depp. She should be no different.
@theunabeefer I just can't condone continuing to line her pockets.
@theunabeefer I can't even with Rowling. She's just to currant and awful. She contributes to the detriment of too many people because of her popularity. I feel like she's getting a pass on her awfulness.
You can desperate the art from the artist just don't add to their pocketbooks. Some times the only vote you have is with your dollars.