It can sometimes be hard to separate the artist from their art. Are there any artists who were bad people but whose work you still enjoy?

Feel free to answer if you’re in the opposite scenario: an artist who you love personally but don’t enjoy their artwork.

Feel free to respond more than just music artists!

  • dalekcaan@lemm.ee
    241·
    7 months ago

    I really enjoyed Ender’s Game, but even while reading you can tell there’s some weird racist shit going on in Orson Card’s head.

    • purplexed@lemmy.world
      31·
      7 months ago

      I searched it up a bit, and apparently Card is pretty vehemently homophobic. Which really sucks and is really strange. It sucks because i do enjoy his books, and they were honestly part of what got me into sci-fi. It’s really strange though since the moral of pretty much every single book of his is understanding, empathy, and compassion.

    • sunbytes@lemmy.world
      31·
      7 months ago

      Yeah he donates a lot of money to anti-lgbt (or “homophobia-adjacent”) “special interest groups”.

      So that means a hard no for me paying for anything he gets royalties for.