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Originally Posted by Jester
Why's it matter if the artist is who he's depicting in his art?
It's fucking art.
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Exactly. I've never understood people's obsession with thinking musicians have to live what they write about. The strangest thing is this notion doesn't seem to be applied as much to other forms of art. You don't hear much of this idea directed at novelists or actors or anyone else. I mean, can you imagine someone saying, "Oh my god Stephen King is so phony because his childhood friends were never actually killed by a shapeshifting evil entity that took the form of a clown."