It’s something I struggle with. Some bad news comes out about some public persona doing something shitty and they get cancelled. But sometimes I really struggle with giving up the things they’ve made because I like them. There are also occasions where the person has been accused of something and it doesn’t seem true to me, or I think they’re genuinely sorry and have been punished enough, and the context isn’t being considered.

What do you think? Who do you feel conflicted about enjoying?

  • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
    65·
    1 month ago

    I like the world building in Fifth Element and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. But Luc Besson is probably a rapist and certainly a sexual assaulter. I’ll watch his old stuff I already own but won’t put any more money towards it nor support any new projects.

    Edit: oh, also he’s not “cancelled”. He came out with another movie this year or last, if I recall. 9 times our of 10, celebrities that say they were “cancelled” just had their feefees hurt by people on social media.

    • lemmylommy@lemmy.world
      54·
      1 month ago

      Also a pedo. From his wiki page:

      Besson’s second wife was actress and director Maïwenn Le Besco, whom he started dating when he was 32 and she was 15 after having met three years earlier.[46] They married in late 1992 when Le Besco, 16, was pregnant with their daughter Shanna, who was born on 3 January 1993.[47][deprecated source] Le Besco later claimed that their relationship inspired Besson’s film Léon (1994), where the plot involved the emotional relationship between an adult man and a 12-year-old girl (played by then 12-year-old Natalie Portman).

        • [object Object]@lemmy.world
          36·
          1 month ago

          Let’s consult the film’s plot:

          Mathilda looks up to Léon and quickly develops a crush on him, often telling him she loves him, but he does not reciprocate.

          The film: the adult rejects advances from the teen girl.

          _cryptagion: “This must mean Besson is proud of his relation with formerly-teen wife”.