When experiencing art, are you bothered by the artist's views/actions?

[garbon]

What the hell did Prince do that was objectionable?

Oh wait, look who's posting.  I bet I can guess.

Yes, you already know the answer.

[saskganesh]

option two.

I'm am not a fan of New Criticism, as I believe Art has context, which it cannot be seperated from.

So when you see what a loser Nietzsche was, or what a political failure Machiavelli was, you pretty much have to reappraise their works.

[Razgovory]

Is philosophy considered art?

[Monoriu]

To put it in layman terms: when I see a movie, I don't give a damn about the personal background of the actors. 

[grumbler]

To put it in layman terms: when I see a movie, I don't give a damn about the personal background of the actors.

Actors are probably the worst example one can use (which explains why Ide focused on acting, even if he is wrong about Cruise's "ability" to act) - actors have little ability to interject their politics or beliefs into their roles.  They are paid to do what the director tells them to do.

[grumbler]

So when you see what a loser Nietzsche was, or what a political failure Machiavelli was, you pretty much have to reappraise their works.

Only if your initial appraisal depended, for some bizarre reason, on Nietzsche being a winner or Machiavelli getting that job.

[Monoriu]

To put it in layman terms: when I see a movie, I don't give a damn about the personal background of the actors.

Actors are probably the worst example one can use (which explains why Ide focused on acting, even if he is wrong about Cruise's "ability" to act) - actors have little ability to interject their politics or beliefs into their roles.  They are paid to do what the director tells them to do.

I'll rephrase - when I see B5, I don't care about the personal background or beliefs of JMS 

[Eddie Teach]

I'll rephrase - when I see B5, I don't care about the personal background or beliefs of JMS 

There's no need to, it's all woven into the script. 

[garbon]

Why is this necessarily a negative thing? Knowing about the author/artist, etc. can sometimes be illuminating.

I'm sure that knowing a certain author was gay, makes that person's works more valuable and attractive to you, Mart, no?

[CountDeMoney]

On their 50th anniversary, a wife found the negligee she wore on her wedding night and put it on. 

She went to her husband, a retired Sailor, and asked, "Honey, do you remember this ?"

He looked up from his newspaper and said, "Yes Dear, I do. You wore that same negligee the night we were married."

She said, "Yes, that's right.  Do you remember what you said to me that night ?"

He nodded and said, "Yes dear, I said, 'Oh baby, I'm going to suck the life out of those tits and screw your brains out.'"

She giggled and said, "That's exactly what you said.  So now it's fifty years later, and I'm in the same negligee.  What do you have to say tonight ?"

He looked her up and down and said, "Mission accomplished!!"

[garbon]

Better when it says something like marine.  Sailor is a little too gay.

[dps]

To put it in layman terms: when I see a movie, I don't give a damn about the personal background of the actors.

Actors are probably the worst example one can use (which explains why Ide focused on acting, even if he is wrong about Cruise's "ability" to act) - actors have little ability to interject their politics or beliefs into their roles.  They are paid to do what the director tells them to do.

They can, however, sometimes have the pull in Hollywood to be largely responsible for a movie getting made at all.  See John Travolta and Battlefield Earth.  Well, actually, do yourself a favor and don't see Battlefield Earth.

[DontSayBanana]

In the case of performers, I really don't factor it in; there's the actor, and there's the caricature, and some of the real actors behind the contrived personae are damn near impossible to gauge (Eminem, Stephen Colbert, etc.).

[DisturbedPervert]

'experiencing art'   

[Eddie Teach]

Can you think of a better single word to describe the acts of looking at a painting or sculpture, hearing music, watching a movie and reading a book?