20. Should We Separate the Art From the Artist?

No Stupid Questions

社会与文化

2020-09-27

32 分钟
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Also: what is the meaning of life?

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  • Did you know that the Rhodes scholarship was founded on blood money?

  • Did you know that everything was founded on blood money?

  • If you go back far enough.

  • I'm Angela Duckworth.

  • I'm Stephen Dubner, and you're listening to.

  • No stupid questions today on the show.

  • In the era of cancel culture, should we still be able to enjoy the art of problematic artists?

  • Guess the 19th century sin of this dead white man.

  • Also, do you ever feel overwhelmed by the question of whether life has greater meaning?

  • When I was 16, I wrote a paper, actually, called the meaning of life.

  • Nailed it.

  • Stephen, we got a great question from a listener, and it asked the question, should we separate art from the artist?

  • And in particular, artists like Michael Jackson or others, who you just love their work, and then you discover they've done.

  • Terrible things, allegedly done terrible things.

  • I think in the case of Michael Jackson.

  • Right, fair enough.

  • I think the question is a great one.

  • Should I stop watching Woody Allen movies?

  • I love Annie hall.

  • Yeah.