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In reply to the discussion: Have you ever fallen out of love with an artist for moral reasons? [View all]UTUSN
(77,750 posts)* Mel GIBSON. I'm not a big movie (or anything) follower, just had a positive image of him from the bits of detective/buddy films, then Braveheart. Saw his Hamlet and The Patriot, but then started wondering with The Passion of the Christ and more stories about his Catholic/fundie/fanaticism. Then came Apocalypto, which I think is a magnificent piece, but along with his meltdown at the same time, and I've asked (even here): How can a despicable specimen create magnificent works of art?
* I suppose this is totally off the wall. I have never followed t.v. series while they were active on the air, only saw some in binge sessions during retirement on the treadmill (back when I *did* treadmill) - Drew CAREY, Scrubs, Golden Girls, Will/Grace, etc. And one was Sex and the City. I was entertained for several months, all the exploits and self-analysis and admission of failings. But it all came crashing down with a couple of episodes where Carrie was faced with the wife of her obsession/dude. I mean, they were all fooling around throughout the bingeing, but when she had had her sleepover in the married people's apartment and was caught by the wife and she cynically ran away and whatever whatever - it (finally) dawned on me that these characters were just totally amoral and cynical.