(June 17, 2015 at 11:56 am)Faith No More Wrote:(June 17, 2015 at 11:38 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: Can't blame Kevin James for making a movie that people go to see. The market supports that pile of dreck. And that's our fault.
I didn't realize artistic integrity was dead. Killed by the almighty dollar, no less.
No, you can blame him for putting out shit. Just because the masses are too ignorant to stay away, that doesn't mean he is absolved for any responsibility for the garbage he pumps out. Any attempt to appeal to the lowest common denominator can be called out, no matter how profitable.
Obviously, you are right, people can be blamed for doing things for which they are paid, especially when they are rich and can afford to say "no" to anyone to whom they wish to say "no."
If getting paid absolved one of responsibility, than being a hit man who killed for money would be a blameless profession. Obviously, getting paid for something is not an excuse for doing it.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
