"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.

Sam Rami and Peter Jackson thought blood was funny and multi billion dollar companies went, “Cool, here’s several hundred million dollars to make some of the most beloved mainstream epics ever,” so I think that’s fine.