In every class about art history or literature or film, you’re constantly analyzing works through the lens of not only the artist’s life, but of the their period and place in history. Your teachers will always go “to understand this character you have to know the author’s brother died when he was young” or “this painting was a reflection of the artist’s experiences in World War 2.” It’s only when they turn out to be a rapist do people go “weeellllll I mean you should be able to separate the art from the artist.”
very cool of Sesame Street to put out a statement about how Bert and Ernie aren’t gay. we truly live in a society
I know it’s Not That Deep but what a bummer for saltzman to dedicate his time and creativity to writing something in a clearly heartfelt manner and the minute he gives a sincere interview about it they put out a statement not even mentioning him and saying puppets “don’t have a sexual orientation” like it’s some kind of Sex Thing. truly the story of gay ppl’s contributions to culture lmao
It’s going to be the 30th anniversary of Matilda in October 2018 and Quentin Blake imagining Matilda today as the Chief Executive of the British Library, an astrophysicist, and (not shown here) a world traveller is ❤
take time to figure it out 