[purple, happy]
You know how sometimes you don’t want to keep consuming media after finding out who wrote it?

[blue, a finger raised]
Sure, people would say you’re having a hard time separating the art from the artist

[purple, distraught]
Well the other day I was reading this book called “Mein Kampf” which was alright, then I looked up the author’s bio on Wikipedia and… damn

[blue, blasé]
…

https://thebad.website/comic/advanced_media_literacy

    • thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz
      111·
      8 天前

      I think it’s meant to be criticising people who just say “separate the art from the artist” for things like Harry Potter, but them pointing out the hypocrisy with a book that no one can defend because of who wrote it. That’s my take, anyway

      • Bleys@lemmy.world
        2·
        7 天前

        Yeah but the point of the saying “separate the art of the artist” is that it’s difficult to reconcile a piece of media you would otherwise like with the fact the artist is a POS.

        Basically everyone agrees Mein Kampf sucks, even Nazis only like it performatively. So there’s no reconciliation necessary if you don’t like the media anyway. OP’s comic feels like a miss, the obvious strawman doesn’t even says he likes it just that it’s alright so it barely even fits the saying anyway.

    • tazeycrazy@feddit.ukEnglish
      4·
      8 天前

      Yea mein kampf doesn’t need a evil writer to be evil. It would be evil if it was anonymous or ghost written. Other art by Hitler would have been a better argument as it is just a picture of a city or building and doesn’t have any racist or antisemitic content but still is stained by him in its story.

    • lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world
      11·
      7 天前

      I think the joke is that the guy is unwittingly outing himself as a Nazi. He thought it was great until he learned the author’s reputation.

      • one_old_coder@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        7 天前

        I know, but the book has a reputation to suck big time, and the character says it was alright which makes it confusing. Also everyone knows who wrote it.

        • lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world
          2·
          7 天前

          It’s a straightman-funnyman routine, where the funny man is often portrayed as extraordinarily dumb for comedic effect while the straight man acts as the audience surrogate reacting in the way we would react, also for comedic effect.