Andrea <\/a>brings up some thoughts on the whole boycott of creative types who spout off something offensive to you. <\/p>\nI remain ditheringly mixed on this. How much is the creator mixed in with the creation (today’s twist on McLuhan’s observation)? Assuming it’s not done within a performance (as in Andrea’s cook metaphor), how much baggage from Real Life does an actor, singer, writer, producer, or even cook bring in with them when they clock in.<\/p>\n
If the Dixie Chicks had made their statement on Dubya during an interview, rather than during a concert, would it have made any difference?<\/p>\n
How does this relate to the whole private life\/public life thing debated during Clinton’s presidency? How does it — or should it — relate to scandels in public figures’ lives (think Pee-Wee Herman, or Michael Jackson, or Hugh Grant, or Charlie Sheen)?<\/p>\n
How does this relate to the question of how what one does outside the office (for us sorry grunts who don’t sign multi-million-dollar singing deals) impacts what one does inside the office. Or, heck, how what one might say during a business meeting may come back to haunt you in your career if you offended someone?<\/p>\n
At what point does what someone did while not on stage (whatever that stage is) become inextricably part of their performance? And when is it “right” for audiences to remember that? And does that “right”ness make any difference, or is it just what it is?<\/p>\n
We accept that actors can get stereotyped by what they do in previous roles. We may consider it regretable (or we may have fun with it — “Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. <\/i>Baggins …”), but it’s real. Those stereotypes are difficult for actors to break out of, but we usually don’t consider it a moral or ethical responsibility of the audience to make it happen.<\/p>\n
I dunno. I listened to one of my “Dixie Chicks” albums the other day, and didn’t feel particular dirty or disloyal or insulted. On the other hand, when it comes time for me to engage in a business relationship with them (buying one of their future CDs), my perception of them might color my willingness to do so, regardless of its relevance to the product being produced. <\/p>\n
In the biz world, we’d call that a matter of soft skills. It’s accepted, even expected, that business gets done based not just on dollars and cents and meeting particular contractual agreements, but on relationships<\/i>.<\/p>\n
I’m not sure what the difference is — or should be — when it comes to music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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