In which I write a letter to myself

[palmedfire]

Dear Self,

When you're already PMSing and in a foul mood, it is inadvisable to go reading the blogs of folk who's professional work you admire. You have rotten luck in such things, as it seems to turn out that people who make stuff you like hold rather obnoxious personal opinions in real life. Do yourself a favor and leave such things alone.

-Me

Yea, I was wandering the internet this morning and stumbled on the blog of Jeff Vogel, head of Spiderware Software, a company that makes really neat shareware games (and for Mac!). He's got a really funny, snarky writing style, so I was having fun reading his blog. Until I came upon this gem:

"It is worth mentioning, at this point, that every tourist in New York City has to go to one Broadway show. Just one. Any more than that is unseemly and expensive, and it only encourages the people who make live theater to make more of it. Live theater is to entertainment as stone tools are to carpentry and leeching is to medicine."

Bolding mine. I... have no words for this. I really, really can't get past the frothing rage enough to have words, especially when it was followed a few paragraphs down with this:

"Just one warning. If you go see one of these shows, say Phantom of the Opera, when you leave, real theater lovers will be waiting at the exits to spit on you. And you deserve it. As if this planet doesn’t have enough mediocrity without your traveling across the country to encourage it."

And I know this is going to taint how I view the games his company makes, even though they have nothing to do with theatre. Which kinda sucks, 'cause they're good games.

Comments

[ilyat]

Someone on my reading list recently stated that she was going to call for a divorce of authors and their works. By acknowledging this separation, she was able to continue to enjoy works and series that she really really liked, even though the authors were ones that she disagreed with in terms of political or social views or that she found reprehensible as people.

I've started to try it with other venues and found it to be fairly liberating.

[palmedfire]

To be fair, I do try to do this. I still read Orson Scott Card after all...

I'm just pissy right now.