Friday, 11 January 2013

Splitting Art from the Artist

In light of the The Despicable Saville revelations and all of the other rumours and accusations of sexual abuse by other famous names I thought it was time to approach the subject from a different angle; namely what does one do if one of the accused happens to be one of your own cultural heroes? What IS the right and proper thing to do? There have been a few recent rockstars and actors caught in this sordid web but what is a fans correct response? Burn the records/DVDS? Or is it possible to seperate the artist from the art?
I know someone who can still enjoy a certain directors films for example and think it fine to do so, but he can understand those who can't.