406: Killer Art, Or How to Love Thriller While Still Hating Michael Jackson

<p>What happens to the art when an artist becomes a criminal? Can we still enjoy a good song written by a maniac? Or does that make us enablers?</p> <p>Covered Topics: Michael Jackson, John Landis, Thriller, David Foster Wallace, Roland Barthes, Death of the Author, Hitler, John Wayne Gacy</p> <p>Further Reading:</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/21/michael-jackson-thriller-changed-music-videos">https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/21/michael-jackson-thriller-changed-music-videos</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/10/11/17933686/me-too-separating-artist-art-johnny-depp-woody-allen-michael-jackson-louis-ck">https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/10/11/17933686/me-too-separating-artist-art-johnny-depp-woody-allen-michael-jackson-louis-ck</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/05/the-world-still-spins-around-male-genius/559925/">https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/05/the-world-still-spins-around-male-genius/559925/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.grunge.com/115638/respected-writers-actually-terrible-people/">https://www.grunge.com/115638/respected-writers-actually-terrible-people/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.grunge.com/115638/respected-writers-actually-terrible-people/">https://www.grunge.com/115638/respected-writers-actually-terrible-people/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeF6O6E9RQ8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeF6O6E9RQ8</a></p> <p><a href="https://observer.com/2018/10/serial-killer-art-lucrative-charles-manson-richard-ramirez/">https://observer.com/2018/10/serial-killer-art-lucrative-charles-manson-richard-ramirez/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/apr/29/hitler-painting-art">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/apr/29/hitler-painting-art</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/art-hitler/">https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/art-hitler/</a></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/philosophyofcrime/support" rel="pa