Separating Art from the Artist

Started by Her May 10th, 2016 6:28 PM
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Her

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me bringing some round table muk into here

In light of revived discussion about Woody Allen's controversial history (to say the least) due to his new film, I think this is a good discussion to have.
To what degree should we, or can we, separate the work of a person from their personal life? How much can we judge something on its own merits before bringing in potential judgement of the person themselves? At what point does a person's private life inevitably influence their art and our viewing of it? These things are naturally going to be dealt with on a case by case basis, so where do you draw the line?

ShinyUmbreon189

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A true artist does art whether it be music, painting, photography, drawing, video editing, etc for the passion and trying to influence other people or even change someones life. A true artist doesn't care about money. Someone whos in it for fame and money isn't an artist in my book, they're just someone who abuses art for their own gain meaning they lack respect in art. I respect artists more if they're passionate and strive to be influential with their work to change someones life even if the artist isn't very good at what they do.
Not exactly sure if I answered the questions right but it was worth a try.

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A true artist does art whether it be music, painting, photography, drawing, video editing, etc for the passion and trying to influence other people or even change someones life. A true artist doesn't care about money. Someone whos in it for fame and money isn't an artist in my book, they're just someone who abuses art for their own gain meaning they lack respect in art. I respect artists more if they're passionate and strive to be influential with their work to change someones life even if the artist isn't very good at what they do.
Not exactly sure if I answered the questions right but it was worth a try.
I suppose that can be tied in, eg: is an artist's message relevant if they clearly show they're just in it for the money. But the topic is more about whether you can separate something like Woody Allen's personal life from his movies, or Roman Polanski's, things like that.

ShinyUmbreon189

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Ok gotcha, that makes more sense. I knew I was missing something here lol.

I mean I suppose for some artists or (actors/actresses) their acts could be similar to their personal life but for the most part they're just playing a role in a film.. But then again, their confidence, how they carry themselves, their personality, etc through the movie could or could not be similar to how they're personality is in real life. If we're talking events they perform in, they most likely aren't like that in real life.

Actually I'm glad you brought this topic up.. I can't remember the actors name. But who's that actor that acts like his persona in a movie in real life as well? The character he plays in a movie he literally does that personality in real life for most movies he's played in. I just can't remember his name.