![]() ![]() The person trying to get noticed with their work using youtube, soundcloud, myspace, their own domain etc. How about the "next Serge" if such a phrase can have meaning. Today, I still strongly suspect they all would, at least in France. In those days when Serge was the enfant terrible the answer was clearly yes, they all would and they did. Would French TV continue to allow him to perform there? Would French radio continue to play his albums? Would he appear in French magazines and newspapers. The question is would Serge's record company continue to release albums when placed under pressure. The question is a little different in my mind. The only question is what merit it has once you can get past the noxious fumes. Yes, the insulation is bad and maybe you can reclaim some of the rent from your landlord or sue the builders, but the entire house is burning down so who cares.Ĭrumb's work is a trash fire. It's like pointing out the shoddy insulation of a house that's already completely engulfed in flames. But unless you're specifically trying to write an academic paper on his portrayal of women, I don't think pointing out that his view on women is problematic is very insightful or helpful. I think it's not entirely fair to describe Crumb's work as misogynist as it's intentionally so broadly obscene that singling out his portrayal of women feels incomplete and reductive.Ĭrumb is misogynist in that he clearly sees women as an "other" and objectifies them by obsessing about features he finds arousing and grotesquely stylizing those he dislikes. I think this is the crux many people fail to understand: obsessive love is bad, too, if it is non-consensual. The NYT article touches upon his estrangement in France: "Crumb’s followed in the long line of artists and writers who have exiled themselves from America." Perhaps his emigration overseas is a way to distance himself from the place of painful memories. (He committed suicide before the film completed.) ![]() His brothers appear in the film, one of which take a cocktail of anti-depressants. There, we see a painful portrait of an American family a temperamental father in the Marines traumatized from war, but conforming to the "pleasant" social decorum in 1950s American suburbia a mother who becomes unstable after taking amphetamine for dieting. As the film tries to understand Crumb's obsession with obscenities, it dives deeper through interviews with him and family members. It's considered one of the best documentaries ever made. He moved there right when he was being filmed for his biographical documentary "Crumb" (1994). The article mentions Crumb living in France. ![]()
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