I have seen a tendency, since around 2014, for filmmakers, actors, comic book creators and even prose fiction authors to tell the public, "This is what I/we have created, if you don't like it, you're wrong." The biggest names in Hollyweird tend to be the guiltiest parties to this tactic, extolling the virtues of their projects' messages, demeaning and/or mocking large swathes of the consumer public, and adamantly insisting that their finished product will be "exactly what audiences need to see and hear." Then, when the released film, show, presentation, book or comic nose dives into the earth harder than the bombs dropped from B-52s undersides, these same folks deride the public and blame their Istophobia in all its various forms for the project's failure.
As much as I'd like to say that my work is for everybody, I know it's not. It's likely to offend the far left because of the underlying message that men are men, women are women, there is good and bad, and freedom is important.
Will I force people to read it? No. I will put it out and let those who want to read it read it.
The kind of assault Hollywood people understand most is the kind that has "and battery" legally attached to it. Some of them have been accused and convicted of just that.
The level of presumed entitlement these people have is outrageous. They've been sucking in too much Los Angeles smog.
At this point in my career, I'll be happy if anyone even gives my work a casual once-over. I always interact with my virtual audience as I would physically with people, and show them the proper social and intellectual respect for their opinions. We owe them at least that much.
I have never a perfect person, but at least in my adult form I can honestly say that I don't bully people for disliking my work. It's a rare occasion when someone actually reads and responds to my work, to be fair, but I don't think it's going to change if my audience grows.
As much as I'd like to say that my work is for everybody, I know it's not. It's likely to offend the far left because of the underlying message that men are men, women are women, there is good and bad, and freedom is important.
Will I force people to read it? No. I will put it out and let those who want to read it read it.
The kind of assault Hollywood people understand most is the kind that has "and battery" legally attached to it. Some of them have been accused and convicted of just that.
The level of presumed entitlement these people have is outrageous. They've been sucking in too much Los Angeles smog.
At this point in my career, I'll be happy if anyone even gives my work a casual once-over. I always interact with my virtual audience as I would physically with people, and show them the proper social and intellectual respect for their opinions. We owe them at least that much.
I have never a perfect person, but at least in my adult form I can honestly say that I don't bully people for disliking my work. It's a rare occasion when someone actually reads and responds to my work, to be fair, but I don't think it's going to change if my audience grows.