Hear hear. The whole attitude of ex post facto judgment of past artistic creations is so stupid and ridiculous that I have a hard time engaging with it intellectually. My hunch is that more people will become curious enough about the past *as such* and they will stop listening to the cultural police, instead seeking out the original versions of the stories and shows that were created before the current moment. As you rightly say, these things will still exist for us to appreciate once the broader culture gets tired of trying to squeeze them into the modern-morality box. Eventually we will realize that the only way to learn about the people of the past is to let them speak.
Hear hear. The whole attitude of ex post facto judgment of past artistic creations is so stupid and ridiculous that I have a hard time engaging with it intellectually. My hunch is that more people will become curious enough about the past *as such* and they will stop listening to the cultural police, instead seeking out the original versions of the stories and shows that were created before the current moment. As you rightly say, these things will still exist for us to appreciate once the broader culture gets tired of trying to squeeze them into the modern-morality box. Eventually we will realize that the only way to learn about the people of the past is to let them speak.