If the artist earns money in any way from your support, then yeah, you’re enabling their behavior. If you condemn Rowling for transphobia but keep buying official Harry Potter shit, then you’re telling her that her transphobia isn’t really a problem to you. If you are pretty sure that Brian Warner has sexually assaulted multiple intimate partners, but you still buy albums and go to concerts, you’re saying that you relaly don’t think that’s as important as you getting to enjoy his music.
You can draw your own lines. What bad behavior do you not condone, but isn’t bad enough to prevent you from handing them your money?
Once they’re dead, whatever; you’re no longer supporting 'em, so it’s not a problem.
As for art being collaborative - sure. But. You’re still supporting the bad behavior. The people that were getting an hourly wage for working on a film, etc., already got paid, long before you forked over your cash for a ticket. The people that are going to lose money are the producers. And maybe, just maybe, if they keep losing money whenever they have a particular star in their films–like, say, Amber Heard, or Jared Leto–then maybe, just maybe, they’ll stop casting those people.
If the artist earns money in any way from your support, then yeah, you’re enabling their behavior. If you condemn Rowling for transphobia but keep buying official Harry Potter shit, then you’re telling her that her transphobia isn’t really a problem to you. If you are pretty sure that Brian Warner has sexually assaulted multiple intimate partners, but you still buy albums and go to concerts, you’re saying that you relaly don’t think that’s as important as you getting to enjoy his music.
You can draw your own lines. What bad behavior do you not condone, but isn’t bad enough to prevent you from handing them your money?
Once they’re dead, whatever; you’re no longer supporting 'em, so it’s not a problem.
As for art being collaborative - sure. But. You’re still supporting the bad behavior. The people that were getting an hourly wage for working on a film, etc., already got paid, long before you forked over your cash for a ticket. The people that are going to lose money are the producers. And maybe, just maybe, if they keep losing money whenever they have a particular star in their films–like, say, Amber Heard, or Jared Leto–then maybe, just maybe, they’ll stop casting those people.