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ghostoffuffle · 3182 days ago · link · · parent · post: Sun Kil Moon: Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes (live)
Think this somewhat mirrors a discussion around here from way back. Personally? I can draw a clear, comfortable line between artist and product. There's a reason we're compelled in school to address narrative intent rather than authorial intent. Once released into the world, the product has a life of its own, and a will that may defy its creator. As a critic, you address the character of the work, and leave that of the author to the biographers. Lucky for us, Hitler's paintings were mall-grade trash, so we don't have to worry too much about it. But if his shit popped? Why not appreciate it on its own grounds?