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el_bryanto

(11,804 posts) Thu Jul 24, 2014, 09:49 AM Jul 2014

Can you enjoy art by a person who has a worldview you find reprehensible? [View all]

Just curious about this one. Another vector is age; does art produced in the 1940s get more of a pass than art from the 1990s.

And I'm using art in it's broadest sense - to encompass acting, directing, creating music, novels, short stories, painting, sculpture, photography and many other types of art I'm not thinking of right now.

Bryant

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	I can definitely enjoy art by a person with a reprehensible worldview
	9 (69%)
	I can somewhat enjoy art by a person with a reprehensible worldview
	0 (0%)
	I find it difficult to enjoy art by a person with a reprehensible worldview
	2 (15%)
	I cannot enjoy art by a person with a reprehensible worldview
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Can you enjoy art by a person who has a worldview you find reprehensible? [View all] el_bryanto Jul 2014 OP

of course. I have no clue in most cases anyway whatthehey Jul 2014 #1

What would Apocolypse Now be without Wagner? Atman Jul 2014 #4

Yes, particularly older material. CBGLuthier Jul 2014 #2

Didn't know that about Philip Jose Farmer ecstatic Jul 2014 #16

I bought a Thomas Kinkade print just so I could pee on it. Atman Jul 2014 #3

What did Thomas Kinkade do or advocate? N/t Calista241 Jul 2014 #6

Kinkade is often associated with movement conservatives Algernon Moncrieff Jul 2014 #11

He was a fraud pseudo-Christian scam artist. Atman Jul 2014 #12

It depends. How reprehensible is the worldview and how good is the art? And... stevenleser Jul 2014 #5

Well when you are talking about actions - Woody Allen and Roman Polanski come to mind el_bryanto Jul 2014 #7

Yes. Iggo Jul 2014 #8

Yes (nt) bigwillq Jul 2014 #9

Ted Nugent is an artist (musician). I can no longer enjoy his work. Algernon Moncrieff Jul 2014 #10

Mel Gibson is one I can't see the same way anymore. gvstn Jul 2014 #17

Only if it's good. Conservatives generally don't have any more than moderate Zorra Jul 2014 #13

just as it's possible to dislike art from someone i agree with otherwise 0rganism Jul 2014 #14

Not really, their words and/or actions are always in the back of my mind, even years later. ecstatic Jul 2014 #15

That's how I feel about Frank Miller MrScorpio Jul 2014 #18

Sure, I usually don't know what the artist believes nor are they worked up to hero status TheKentuckian Jul 2014 #19