1 min readApr 4, 2020
Just today, two days after your article, Louis CK announced the release of his new special. I want to watch it, because he’s funny and talented. I don’t want to watch it, because of what he did.
Ordinarily, I believe in separating an artist from their work. I don’t care if my artistic heroes were good people; they usually weren’t. But it’s easy to admire Caravaggio’s paintings now he’s long dead. When the artist is still alive, still working, still profiting from your support, you feel more complicit.