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thenewgreen · 3182 days ago · link · · parent · post: Sun Kil Moon: Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes (live)
Yeah, there's been a lot of talk lately about the willful cognitive dissonance we ascribe to our favorite artists. In the wake of Bowie's death a lot of people were posting that he was a rapist because he took the virginity if a 14 year old groupie back when he was an emerging Rock god. Can we still enjoy his music and know this? Artists like Roman Polanski and Woody Allen come to mind too. Their work doesn't exist in a vacuum. -or does it? If I saw a painting and thought it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen, only to find out it was painted by Hitler, would it be wrong of me to continue to enjoy it? Would it be wrong of me to be a fan of his painting and abhor him in all other respects?