Can you really seperate the art from the artist?

With all the hate towards J.K Rowling (deserved) and lets say Kanye West for example, you can enjoy the art but can you really separate what they c…

I struggle with it and am hypocritical about that.

Roman Polanski was convicted of a terrible crime, but I appreciate his work.

Weinstein’s production company made many of my favorite movies.

Kevin Spacey played some of my favorite characters.

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And then there is Bill Cosby and OJ Simpson. I love the Naked Gun Movies and both are pure gold on screen.

Bill Cosby’s Chicken Heart routine is so fucking funny it was making me laugh my ass off until the mid 2010s… Now I when I ever I see the album it just makes me sad….

Fat Albert foils a neo-Nazi:

youtu.be/gk0d5mb4ov4?t=142 (cued, maybe watch for 40 seconds)

CUANDO BILL COSBY LE PATEÓ EL CULO A UN NAZI (FT: JF LAMATA. La Hemeroteca del Buitre)

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