Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, Michael Jackson...
We all know deep down that they are scumbags who did disgusting things with children. If they were our next door neighbors, they would be shunned. Funny how we can separate their actions from their work. I know I don't think about their dirty deeds while I'm enjoying their work. Maybe we have become so coarsened by how disgusting a human being can be that we just don't care unless it somehow impacts our lives in a negative way. That reflects poorly on who we are as a society - myself included.
My guess is that when we like someone and enjoy their work, we identify with them in some way. So, when it turns out the diddle kids, we don't want to believe, we justify in light of their enormous positive contributions (as if a charting album is worth some kid's life and mental health). We want to believe it isn't true, because we know that the people we idolize are hated by others with different tastes.
But they probably all belong in jail.
Except OJ. Juice was framed.
