20. Should We Separate the Art From the Artist?
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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. Steven, 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.
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