Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by tinear (A) on December 19, 2007 at 13:59:24

In Reply to: RE: Well, Patrick, how many books sell about nice guys? posted by patrickU on December 19, 2007 at 07:44:14

aren't considered "nice guys," you hate their work?
Myself, I consider art as being a separate category from personality.
If a horrendous person makes great art, is it a form of fortune's egalitarianism, no?
Hemingway was an anti-Semite, do I now begin to hate the works I loved before? What if I know nothing about an artist, should I not touch their works until I know more?
Now, if the person is still living, it's a bit more difficult.
I've recently read of a former comic in France, a man of color, who now is one of the leading anti-Semites in France. I'd probably not find anything he does of interest or humor...
BTW, I find Mein Kampf and some Karl Marx & Co. writings interesting, though of course their authors directly or indirectly led to tens of millions of deaths.