Could you look past the sins of an actor (Will Smith, Bill Cosby) and still admire their art?
04-20-22 | 06:25 PM
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From: Formerly known as L. Ron zyzzle - On a cloud of Judgement
Re: Could you look past the sins of an actor (Will Smith, Bill Cosby) and still admire their art?
I look at it this way; if you hired a professional tradesperson to drywall your brand new house only to find out several years later he committed a heinous crime, would you tear-out every last panel of drywall in your house to righteously declare your disdain for the guy? Would that really make sense?
Of course not.
04-20-22 | 06:31 PM
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Re: Could you look past the sins of an actor (Will Smith, Bill Cosby) and still admire their art?
For most people there would be any easy answer to this question. It's my initial question that is more difficult; How far is one willing to go to uphold one's righteous principles?
04-20-22 | 06:37 PM
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Re: Could you look past the sins of an actor (Will Smith, Bill Cosby) and still admire their art?
What righteous principles? An actor's job is to make you believe and feel a certain way when you see them on screen. Unfortunately, there are many things that happen to them off screen that can affect people's view of them and thus their enjoyment of their works. That seems natural to me. Nobody is burning their Will Smith DVDs because of what he did.
04-20-22 | 06:47 PM
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Re: Could you look past the sins of an actor (Will Smith, Bill Cosby) and still admire their art?
^ Although, if you tossed After Earth on the fire, no one would blame ya.
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04-20-22 | 06:49 PM
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Re: Could you look past the sins of an actor (Will Smith, Bill Cosby) and still admire their art?
04-20-22 | 06:51 PM
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04-20-22 | 07:06 PM
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Re: Could you look past the sins of an actor (Will Smith, Bill Cosby) and still admire their art?
What righteous principles? An actor's job is to make you believe and feel a certain way when you see them on screen. Unfortunately, there are many things that happen to them off screen that can affect people's view of them and thus their enjoyment of their works. That seems natural to me. Nobody is burning their Will Smith DVDs because of what he did.
It's easy to take a stance against a public figure in the safety of social media and condemn their actions but the hypothetical question I posed makes it a much more personal dilemma.
Last edited by orangerunner; 04-20-22 at 08:52 PM.
04-20-22 | 07:38 PM
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Re: Could you look past the sins of an actor (Will Smith, Bill Cosby) and still admire their art?
So you're more willing to forgive or at least forget about everything that Spacey and OJ and Jace have done but Smith's slap is too tough to ignore? Really??I was about to say the exact same thing. I would ask for more elaboration but it all boils down to different people have different moral logistics.
04-20-22 | 07:46 PM
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Re: Could you look past the sins of an actor (Will Smith, Bill Cosby) and still admire their art?
You may or may not burn your Will Smith DVDs but the theme of this thread is about the principles and obligations we should (or shouldn't) adopt as consumers of art which was made by those whose actions and words are deemed morally questionable.
It's easy to take a stance against a public figure in the safety of social media and condone their actions but the hypothetical question I posed makes it a much more personal dilemma.
It's easy to take a stance against a public figure in the safety of social media and condone their actions but the hypothetical question I posed makes it a much more personal dilemma.
04-21-22 | 06:50 PM
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Re: Could you look past the sins of an actor (Will Smith, Bill Cosby) and still admire their art?
04-21-22 | 09:15 PM
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05-12-22 | 05:16 AM
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Re: Could you look past the sins of an actor (Will Smith, Bill Cosby) and still admire their art?
I'm watching Ken Burns' Baseball. On the subject of bad behavior by players there is a comment
"You can't boo a home run"
"You can't boo a home run"
