I’ve loved Kevin Spacey’s work. I’ve loved Louis CK’s work (Goddamn it, this is the one I most don’t want to believe). I’ve loved a lot of Harvey Weinstein’s movies. I’ve loved Orson Scott Card’s work. And Frank Miller’s work. And tons of other folks who’ve turned out to be fucking scumbags.
It sucks. But I want to know. I don’t want to stick my head in the ground & get to appreciate their work on the pile of bodies they leave in their wake. Some people can separate an appreciation of the work from appreciation of the person, but I can’t. I understand the connection between appreciation of the work, money, and the resulting power they receive as a result. I can’t appreciate the work and *enable the abuse* as a result. I can’t do it.
So it’s gonna suck, but air it out. All of it. Get the people responsible for the abuse, the misogyny, the racism, the homophobia… all of it. Get them out. Throw their work in the garbage, and pay the price of doing the right thing. Enable better creators. Enable them to make the things that I will love next, and let me support people whose character is accurately reflected in the quality and content of their work.