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hlthe2b

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6. Yes. Visual media is a lot harder not to associate with their offscreen behavior.

Reply to TexasBushwhacker (Reply #5)

Sun Oct 2, 2022, 03:13 PM

Oct 2022

And yes, I agree with you on Woody Allen and others.

I can't ever say I was a great John Wayne fan, but even this many years later I associate his overt offscreen racism with that onscreen and which was unapologetically disgusting toward Native Americans and others. He was so ubiquitous for so long that I can't say I've not watched his films--even in the background, but it is hard to "like them" so much anymore, sans John Ford's incredible cinematography.

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I am trying hard not to allow Roger Waters to ruin Pink Floyd music for me. [View all] BigmanPigman Oct 2022 OP

Getting emotionally invested in musicians (or actors, or politicians, or scientists) *as people* is RockRaven Oct 2022 #1

I try to judge art by its merits, and not the politics of the artist . . . Journeyman Oct 2022 #2

+1,000,000 highplainsdem Oct 2022 #4

For most performers, I realize that their talent is what brought them to our attention and hlthe2b Oct 2022 #3

Woody Allen is a no go for me TexasBushwhacker Oct 2022 #5

Yes. Visual media is a lot harder not to associate with their offscreen behavior. hlthe2b Oct 2022 #6

Never was a John Wayne fan anyway TexasBushwhacker Oct 2022 #7