20. Should We Separate the Art From the Artist?

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  Did you know that the Rhodes Scholarship was founded on blood money?

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  Did you know that everything was founded on blood money?

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  If you go back far enough.

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  I'm Angela Duckworth.

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  I'm Stephen Dubner.

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  And you're listening to No Stupid Questions.

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  Today on the show, in the era of cancel culture,

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  should we still be able to enjoy the art of problematic artists?

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  Guess the 19th century sin of this dead white man.

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  Also, do you ever feel overwhelmed by the question of whether life has greater meaning?

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  When I was 16, I wrote a paper actually called The Meaning of Life.

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  Nailed it.

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  Stephen, we got a great question from a listener and it asked the question,

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  should we separate art from the artist?

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  And in particular,

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  artists like Michael Jackson or others who you just love their work and then you discover they've done terrible things.

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  Allegedly done terrible things, I think, in the case of Michael Jackson, right?

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  Fair enough.

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  I think the question is a great one.

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  You know, should I stop watching Woody Allen movies?

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