the great entertainment debate

this isn’t a ‘note’ on michael jackson. but his death has brought back to my mind something that i thought about a while ago. is it possible to separate the entertainment value someone offers to the public while you don’t agree with how they’ve conducted their lives and hold very little respect for them? i got into a semi-heated discussion with someone over the rapper snoop dogg. i don’t like his music. i find him annoying, and he’s not someone who appeals to me in any way shape or form. but it’s what he stood for that i find the most detestable. the things he chooses to put his money into, the his public lifestyle, his attitude, his values, the way he values women and children… i find him reprehensible. i’m sure there are things in his life that he’s done right, that’s not my point. but the overall image i get of him and how he’s perceived, makes me not want to purchase his music. but then i felt slightly convicted inside. michael jackson’s death made me re-think about this. i have the ‘thriller’ album. i’ve long enjoyed the michael jackson stuff from the 80’s and 90’s. i think he was a fantastic entertainer, what he added to music, whether you enjoy his stuff or not, is indisputably huge. there have been lots of rumors of pedophilia among lots of other things. none of which he’s been convicted of, but i’m not convinced he’s innocent. which, i dont’ want to get into. my point is, if things come out, as things often do after deaths of the famous, do i stop listening to him? then another singer came into my head. amy winehouse’s music i actually enjoy. her life is a total wreck though. she’s in and out of rehab (no pun intended), she’s a drug addict, and buying her CD’s would financially contribute to that. but her music style i dig. then there’s the directer guy, don’t remember his name, anyhow, he’s rich and famous and had earned himself lots of acclaim for his work. but he’s a convicted child rapist in his home country and that seems to get glossed over. so do i stop watching his work even though i enjoy the films he makes? where is the line? everyone’s got ’skeletons in the closet’ and i’m not sure that that should impact how i view their entertainment. but i’m not sure it shouldn’t. i’m honestly torn. and i kind of feel like a semi-hypocrite…