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In reply to the discussion: re - Thomas Kincade: I do NOT think it's okay to dance on somebody's grave just because [View all]Hissyspit
(45,790 posts)55. It hurt no one?
For one thing, he got sued and lost.
Here is a different point of view:
Kinkade, like Bush, peddled a falsely simplified image of the world one without mildew or flooded basements, for one thing which, no surprise, turned out to be plastered over a whole lot of stinky stuff. The true believers, the ones who bought into these men the most during the 2000s, ended up paying some of the highest prices, from the Kinkade acolytes who invested in his gallery Ponzi scheme to the working-class red-staters who sent off their kids to die in a pointless war. Bad taste, harmless as it may seem, can end up costing you a lot.
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re - Thomas Kincade: I do NOT think it's okay to dance on somebody's grave just because [View all]
Typical NYC Lib
Apr 2012
OP
Kinkade, not Kincaide. And those "fantasy fairy tale" settings were based on the Cotswolds in
highplainsdem
Apr 2012
#43
Do you pity this man? "It would positively be a relief to me to dig him up and throw stones at him"
REP
Apr 2012
#26
Since you are in NYC I hope you will venture out and go to the wonderful museums you
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#3
well, I don't celebrate anyone's death. For one thing, it is bad karma. Also, it doesn't sit right
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#9
A couple of weeks ago I got to see the full-length Renoirs at the Frick, a special exhibit.
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#73
self described pacifists cheering some painter's death.. the irony is fucking delicious...
dionysus
Apr 2012
#32
Or maybe people just want others to know the truth of what some people have done.
Hissyspit
Apr 2012
#28
He was a facile artist that decided to market a popular formula instead of create individual art.
Kablooie
Apr 2012
#39
Welcome to the new DU where Grave Dancing is never locked by a jury! Or fat jokes, etc.
Logical
Apr 2012
#41
It's mostly because of his crooked and deceptive business practices that I'm glad he's gone.
NYC_SKP
Apr 2012
#42
And then there's the unasked question about ALL the TK threads (including this one):
Typical NYC Lib
Apr 2012
#49
Betting your last sentence is true because he actually painted his first works himself
eridani
Apr 2012
#67
The fact that he was a horrid person aside, he literally stole everything he did,
Egalitarian Thug
Apr 2012
#68