A Night Manager Moral Dilemma

[bratty_jedi]

A week or two ago, I went with a friend to the movies. A trailer for Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, the new comedy with Tina Fey and Martin Freeman about a reporter in Afghanistan, came on. When the trailer ended, I sort of sighed and whispered to my friend that I had nothing against the movie in particular but I'm just tired of and done with movies that

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[failte_aoife]

I understand that. And your dilemma. E.g. I've decided not to read the Maze Runner series because James Dashner, the author has made some very homophobic (and afaik also sexist) comments and even if those views aren't reflected in his books I still would feel that by buying his books, I'm saying 'I don't mind that you think these things'.
But of course, I can't check out every single author, I'm planning to read, just in case, they once said something horrible so am I really taking a stand here? I honestly wouldn't have been very likely to read the book anyway since I'm not a big fan of dystopias anyway. And so far there was never a case where an author, whom I already read and enjoy, said something reprehensible but if there was I'm not sure if I'd really be able to simply drop a series I really love.

And yeah, there is also the question what kind of stories books/movies/shows tell and how they tell them and sometimes I do wonder if I'm reaching for excuses too quickly (it's old material, they can't make it 'unproblematic' without changing most of the story, it was only really bad in one episode...)
And that I personally might be more likely to say 'enough is enough' when a show does 'evil woman accuses poor innocent man of rape'-plots over and over again than when it does the white savior complex frequently.

This was a very long-winded way of saying that I know what you mean but also haven't really found a satisfactory solution for that problem...