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Frater Seamus's avatar

I have found that a lot of my favourite actors and musicians from the past have become extremely woke and annoying liberals in recent years. DeNiro has turned from a Raging Bull to a raging goof with his TDS, but that doesn't negate the great roles he had in the past. Neil Young is also annoyingly woke, but that doesn't change the fact that he wrote and performed some of the greatest songs of the 60's and 70's.

Honestly, if we had to choose our favourite art based on the political views of artists it would be slim pickings. I have always been of the mind that you separate the art from the artist. Unless of course, their political viewpoint is the central theme of their art, that is a bit different - if they're always hitting you over the head with their political agenda, it is no longer art, it is propaganda and that falls into an entirely different category.

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Jim in Alaska's avatar

Most definitely YES, I shout before reading the essay.

I'll see of my considered opinion changes after the read. ;-)

this addendum de dum dum dum added after reading: Still yes, if the art's art I don't care about the artist's private views.

Unless he's VEGAN, you gotta draw the line somewhere..

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