What you're describing has more to do with analysis and conflating the value of outside aspects when framing the effectiveness of the art itself. Like how someone could find an album uninteresting, but the moment the artist commits suicide or dies, that album is then recontextualized with that aspect in mind. Doing that can lead to a false reading of the material, but in some cases, it can lead to a more varied or informed one as well.
So yes, as you said, art is an entity onto itself and should (for the most part) be engaged with independently of any other factor. However, for example, if you analyze a film like 1949's Distant Journey that's about Germany's effort to round up and exterminate Jews, as directed by Alfréd Radokand, a man born to a Jewish father and catholic mother, and was baptized in 1939, right before WWII, where everyone on his father side of his family (including his father) was murdered in the Holocaust, pretending that the outside elements of this director's life didn't inform the anger and the content of the film itself would be far stretch.
What's essential is having discernment. People will read into or get out of art something different based on who they are and everything in their lives that reinforces that. So yes, I can acknowledge the real-life circumstances that came prior to the filming of Distant Journey; however, that doesn't mean I chose to ignore the craftsmanship and effectiveness of that film as a film. Linkin Park's music doesn't all of a sudden become more tolerable to me, given the tragedy of the lead singer taking his life, and my love for Soundgarden's Superunknown record doesn't heighten through the roof for the same thing. I can acknowledge if those outside factors change how I approach the art, like being more respectful of what Linkin Park was attempting instead of being callous and outright dismissing it. However, acknowledgment of outside factors and approach to what's in front of me artistically isn't always going to be cut and dry.
It's all a case-by-case basis. It's things made by humans that other humans consume. The best we can do is attempt to be impartial. But pretending outside elements don't affect will likely get you nowhere fast.
Yeah, it's a hit or miss usually, but i think it's more interesting with games when you play with that character, and you know the games and shows where everyone puts you at edge?
Huh, and with games and tv shows?
Doll Shop is the one about psychological horror (though he does a lot of games with this themes, check on his Charon games), Death Mark (especially the sequel NG) is more about the characters
I do enjoy them too, like Daily Life of High School Boys which was pretty fun for me and i like the 100 Girlfriends manga which is pure vanilla madness, i of course like emotional stories more too but simple works like this are okay for me every while
Plus sometimes i watch a harem anime with weak plot and all but there is that one character that make it up to me even a little bit because of how interesting they are
I get what you mean, first time i played a horror game was nothing like when i watched it, there was a sense of thrill to that
Manlybadasshero is a personal favorite
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So yes, as you said, art is an entity onto itself and should (for the most part) be engaged with independently of any other factor. However, for example, if you analyze a film like 1949's Distant Journey that's about Germany's effort to round up and exterminate Jews, as directed by Alfréd Radokand, a man born to a Jewish father and catholic mother, and was baptized in 1939, right before WWII, where everyone on his father side of his family (including his father) was murdered in the Holocaust, pretending that the outside elements of this director's life didn't inform the anger and the content of the film itself would be far stretch.
What's essential is having discernment. People will read into or get out of art something different based on who they are and everything in their lives that reinforces that. So yes, I can acknowledge the real-life circumstances that came prior to the filming of Distant Journey; however, that doesn't mean I chose to ignore the craftsmanship and effectiveness of that film as a film. Linkin Park's music doesn't all of a sudden become more tolerable to me, given the tragedy of the lead singer taking his life, and my love for Soundgarden's Superunknown record doesn't heighten through the roof for the same thing. I can acknowledge if those outside factors change how I approach the art, like being more respectful of what Linkin Park was attempting instead of being callous and outright dismissing it. However, acknowledgment of outside factors and approach to what's in front of me artistically isn't always going to be cut and dry.
It's all a case-by-case basis. It's things made by humans that other humans consume. The best we can do is attempt to be impartial. But pretending outside elements don't affect will likely get you nowhere fast.
Sorry i don't think i can explain it better
Huh, and with games and tv shows?
I do enjoy them too, like Daily Life of High School Boys which was pretty fun for me and i like the 100 Girlfriends manga which is pure vanilla madness, i of course like emotional stories more too but simple works like this are okay for me every while
Plus sometimes i watch a harem anime with weak plot and all but there is that one character that make it up to me even a little bit because of how interesting they are
Also do you like manga that is pure dumb fun, like no philosophy, no struggle between ideologies, just pure intentional fun?
I get what you mean, first time i played a horror game was nothing like when i watched it, there was a sense of thrill to that
Manlybadasshero is a personal favorite
Huh, should BCS first?
I mean you can just watch online playthroughs, my country doesn't have online payment yet so most of the time i either to do or download free games
He talks about other stuff lol (i got into his channel because of his analysis of Joker) but yeah, most of the time he hates modern movies