Have you ever boycotted an artist's work due to non-artistic reasons?
Yes: | 8 (44.4%) | |
No: | 10 (55.6%) | |
Total: | 18 |
I was reading a bit about author Marion Z Bradley (Mists of Avalon) and how she had admitted to helping her husband commit a long history of pedophilia and how her daughter has accused M.Z. Bradley as well of raping her repeatedly as a child. I've never read any of her stuff and it wasn't on my to-do list anyway but a number of people were saying how they couldn't handle reading her stuff any more. Partially (and again, I never read her stuff so third hand info here) because she has had characters who commit the same acts in her book(s) and she's been interviewed saying how she tries to make them rounded, understandable people. In light of the accusations, it comes across as her defending her own acts via her characters.
Beyond that, there's all sorts of artists (using the term as a catch-all regardless of perceived talent) with spotty records: Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, Michael Jackson and non-kiddie-sex related stuff like Mel Gibson or Michael Richards' racist comments or Tom Cruise or Orson Scott Card's personal/religious beliefs.
Have you ever actively decided not to consume some artist's product as a result of these things? Obviously it doesn't count if you think someone is a horrible artist who you wouldn't touch their stuff anyway. But anyone where you would have been interested if not for their personal baggage?