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John_Galt 01:26 am UTC 06/28/07 |
| In reply to: | So Jim Steinman walks into a bar...... - Vin 03:01 pm UTC 06/27/07 |
| Vin, Good question. I find it simple to distinguish the artist from the art when it comes to most works. I find it a little more difficult with pop-novels and a lot more difficult with other contemporary pop-artist. I think the reason why is mass media has made pop-artists part of the art. What they say, think, look like, and do informs our appreciation and understanding of their work. It's just all part of the package now. For instance, I like to think that I'd appreciate Terrence Malick's other films if I hadn't first seen Days of Heaven, but my appreciation of his other work is ultimately colored by that first movie. What artists allow into the mass media machine may or may not be performance, but it works like a previous or subsequent work to color our understanding of everything else they do. There's also the social aspect to pop-art and mass media, too. Come on, it's one thing when you can hold your head high because the work is performed by an artist who represents something consistent with who you are and what you believe... and it's another when you are a Milli Vanilli fan who just found out they don't sing. This is kind of like when you were a little kid and you found out that song you love is sung by a homosexual and is some kind of gay anthem. Sucks, because, you just like the song, but now... for reasons that don't have anything to do with the work itself... you feel uncomfortable telling people about it. You have to acknowledge to yourself that since other people's understandings inform the meaning of things, too, the song just isn't the same for you. Even without the social component, it's touch when you associate double-murder with any work to simply ignore that association and go with the flow... Let us know what you think. -=John Galt=- > and guns down 47 people with an Uzi. He pushes a little > old lady down a flight of stairs and steals candy from a > baby before throwing himself in front of a bus, taking his > own life. Hypothetically, of course. > > Does this ultimate act of villainy (or insanity? Its all > the drugs, people!) negate Jim's body of work? Do you > still love his music? Can you still stomach his music? > Should radio stations still play the hits? Does the very > thought of Jim Steinman now disgust you? > > Are the songs now a celebration of the Jim That Was, > standing separate from the Jim That Was at the Last? Or > can the two aspects never be considered separately? > > Thoughts? > > | |
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