33. The Woody Allen character form early movies was sympathetic because of neurotic paralysis. Yet real world Woody was all to decisive.
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34. But if Woody-the-neurotic no longer plausible, he had another mask: Woody-the-artist, who is beyond good and evil.
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35. Middle and late period Woody often explores dilemma of the Nietzschean superman as he tries to transcend conventional morality.
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36. Among his reduced but still sizable body of fans, Woody-the-artist became the default defense. Artists under no obligation to be decent
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37. Polanski offers a parallel case with Allen: the aura of the artist is seen by supporters as reason to discount evidence of wrongdoing.
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38. Since I do think "art" and "life" can be viewed separately, I'm sympathetic to trying to appreciate Allen/Polanski in spite of acts
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39. Yet among more vociferous supporters of Allen & Polanski, art & life meld again. Because he is a great artist, can't be morally judged.
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@aaggarwal9 See my recent piece on Jon Kay - it has a digression on this very topic.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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