[ SECRET POST #6596 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6596 ⌋

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[iff_and_xor]

I guess I’m out of the loop on a lot of this. When you say people are advocating for separating the art from the artist, what does that mean?

Are they saying art can be or should be interpreted separately from the artist’s intentions?

Are they saying people should feel free to enjoy art without dwelling on negative aspects of the artist’s life?

Are they saying negative aspects of the artist’s personal life should be totally kept out of conversations about the artist’s work?

Some combination of these? Something else entirely?

[(Anonymous)]

Not OP, but I've always assumed all of the above when people are talking about it. They usually specify within the conversation, but generally I see people mean all of that. The art should stand on its own and basically ignore the creator. (Not saying I agree or disagree, that's just the argument I see put forth.)

[iff_and_xor]

Thanks!

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, but that’s so frustrating to me. It feels like smashing together several distinct issues as well as ignoring the difference between “I choose to” and “everyone should”.

[(Anonymous)]

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But I mostly see it in the context of "fiction is not automatically an invitation to hold forth on the writer, their morals / behaviors / politics / comments."

The same way some Christians want to turn any conversation about anything into a conversation about Jesus, people who've absorbed the pop version of critical theory seem to think "the right" way to engage with all media, socially, is by turning it into a conversation about what they can tell is Problematic, and why the author did that. And pretending like passing judgment together or fighting about it if you can't agree accomplishes anything. It ... gets similarly tiresome.