I think this is a good way to look at it and you bring up a good point regarding various other industries (plumbers, hairdressers, etc.) The key difference is the fact that...
I think this is a good way to look at it and you bring up a good point regarding various other industries (plumbers, hairdressers, etc.)
The key difference is the fact that entertainers/celebrities lives are all made so public that it is easy for us to get caught up in all of it and look at these people much more critically and from a distance as opposed to someone you interact with personally (i.e. your plumber).
Unfortunately with the rise of the hyper connected world many of us are experiencing the dreaded "never meet your heroes" on a daily basis. Now I'm not saying that what these artists are doing is okay, I'm just in agreement that we are living in a time now where so much information is available it is proving more difficult to walk that line of separating the art from the artist.
I say all of that to say that I agree, while I do my best to avoid supporting unethical practices/people I will likely always enjoy the works of many great actors and musicians that have a less than stellar personal track record...
I think this is a good way to look at it and you bring up a good point regarding various other industries (plumbers, hairdressers, etc.)
The key difference is the fact that entertainers/celebrities lives are all made so public that it is easy for us to get caught up in all of it and look at these people much more critically and from a distance as opposed to someone you interact with personally (i.e. your plumber).
Unfortunately with the rise of the hyper connected world many of us are experiencing the dreaded "never meet your heroes" on a daily basis. Now I'm not saying that what these artists are doing is okay, I'm just in agreement that we are living in a time now where so much information is available it is proving more difficult to walk that line of separating the art from the artist.
I say all of that to say that I agree, while I do my best to avoid supporting unethical practices/people I will likely always enjoy the works of many great actors and musicians that have a less than stellar personal track record...