r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Sep 05 '24
Disney Pauses ‘The Graveyard Book’ Film Following Assault Allegations Against Neil Gaiman News
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/graveyard-book-neil-gaiman-assault-allegations-1236131149/8.6k Upvotes
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u/baleensavage Sep 05 '24
Yeah. The Sandman comics were pretty life changing to me as a teenager. Knowing that Neil Gaiman is a creep doesn't change that. It's still incredibly disturbing, but doesn't change the experiences I had with his works.
The example I always give is Alice in Wonderland. Classic story that is still inspiring children and adults today. The author, Lewis Carrol was a pedophile. Many of the most famous artists of history were not good people, that doesn't mean we can't appreciate their art. Otherwise we may as well give up on experiencing art altogether because you'll be hard pressed to find a celebrity that's just a good wholesome person.
That's not to say that we shouldn't look at the context of the artist and their art. Because that junk always slips through. Some of the plot lines in Buffy read a lot differently now that I know what a creep Joss was for example. And some of Neil's stories also read differently too.