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Is it okay to like “good art” by “bad people?”

Chris Thompson, Brenda Tremblay, and Daniel Kushner on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Thursday, April 13, 2023
Megan Mack
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WXXI News
Chris Thompson, Brenda Tremblay, and Daniel Kushner on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Thursday, April 13, 2023
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WXXI News

Is it okay to like “good art” by “bad people?” It’s a question posed by Judith Shulevitz, writing for the Atlantic this month.
More than five years after the start of the #MeToo movement, Shulevitz reexamines how we treat art that was created by people who did bad deeds.

Our guests discuss it:

Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.