Can we pretend an artist's conduct doesn't matter in post-Harvey Weinstein Hollywood?
In light of the widespread accusations of sexual misconduct sweeping through Hollywood and beyond, Los Angeles Times film critic Justin Chang and television critic Lorraine Ali discuss how this seismic shift has changed the way they view movies and TV shows.
JUSTIN CHANG: Like most critics, Lorraine, you and I spend more time consuming and processing screen entertainment than passing judgment on the morality of the people who created it. It's the purer, more sophisticated approach, we like to tell ourselves. It also happens to be the easier one. And if one thing has become clear over the past two months, in the wake of a crisis that began with Harvey Weinstein and has now engulfed the entire industry, it's that pretending an artist's conduct doesn't matter can be as shortsighted as pretending that it's the only thing that matters.
The Louis C.K. news, in particular, has inspired more than a few critics to write about the futility of trying to separate the art from the artist. Having seen C.K.'s unreleased comedy, "I Love You, Daddy," a day
