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On the Orson Scott Card Thing
Feb. 21st, 2013 02:08 pmSo, over at ThinkProgress, Alyssa Rosenberg has written "An Ethical Guide To Consuming Content Created By Awful People Like Orson Scott Card."
65daysofstatic - Climbing On Roofs (Desperate Edit)--- The whole thing is a brilliant summation of the fan quandary, but there's one thing in particular I want to point out:
"3. Reaffirm your support of progressive media media: As much as I want to see Card become radioactive for companies who want to hire him to create new work, I think it’s unlikely that disgust at his hateful political views will make a major dent at the box office. But one place we could make a more significant difference? Turning out of LGBT film and television as a way to lend viewing and financial support to independent projects with smaller audiences, boosting those projects as a way to offset our financial contribution to a well-financed commercial blockbuster. I’d love to see a spike in sales for Pariah, Dee Rees’ feature film about a young African-American woman coming out in Fort Greene. Or a non-lesbian audience turning out for Concussion, a fascinating exploration of marriage between lesbian couples, sex work, and marital sexual satisfaction that debuted at Sundance. A hundred thousand viewers may not make a difference to Ender’s Game’s relative success or failure. But it could make an enormous difference in what Rees earns in residuals, or the perceived viability of Concussion as an independent movie, not to mention what gets funded through a site like Kickstarter. Creating demand for good things is as important as staying away from tainted ones. The latter leaves a void. The former tells the industry where there’s a market it could fill."
Emphasis Mine. Because this is what I've been saying about all fandom-/geekery-based media strategy for about FIVE YEARS. This is how it works, people: Simultaneously remove your attention from one sphere and place it in another. Do so while explaining why: loudly, clearly, thoughtfully.
Take Your Money And Time Somewhere Else.
Read the whole article. It's really quite good. (h/t to iboudreau for the link.)
65daysofstatic - Climbing On Roofs (Desperate Edit)--- The whole thing is a brilliant summation of the fan quandary, but there's one thing in particular I want to point out:
"3. Reaffirm your support of progressive media media: As much as I want to see Card become radioactive for companies who want to hire him to create new work, I think it’s unlikely that disgust at his hateful political views will make a major dent at the box office. But one place we could make a more significant difference? Turning out of LGBT film and television as a way to lend viewing and financial support to independent projects with smaller audiences, boosting those projects as a way to offset our financial contribution to a well-financed commercial blockbuster. I’d love to see a spike in sales for Pariah, Dee Rees’ feature film about a young African-American woman coming out in Fort Greene. Or a non-lesbian audience turning out for Concussion, a fascinating exploration of marriage between lesbian couples, sex work, and marital sexual satisfaction that debuted at Sundance. A hundred thousand viewers may not make a difference to Ender’s Game’s relative success or failure. But it could make an enormous difference in what Rees earns in residuals, or the perceived viability of Concussion as an independent movie, not to mention what gets funded through a site like Kickstarter. Creating demand for good things is as important as staying away from tainted ones. The latter leaves a void. The former tells the industry where there’s a market it could fill."
Emphasis Mine. Because this is what I've been saying about all fandom-/geekery-based media strategy for about FIVE YEARS. This is how it works, people: Simultaneously remove your attention from one sphere and place it in another. Do so while explaining why: loudly, clearly, thoughtfully.
Take Your Money And Time Somewhere Else.
Read the whole article. It's really quite good. (h/t to iboudreau for the link.)
