Cancellation and its enemies
Original title: La cancelación y sus enemigos
A sharp, questioning essay that reveals the different interests behind the term “cancel culture” and inspects the criteria that we use to evaluate art today.
Does a censoring and puritan “cancel culture”, limiting the artists freedom, really exist? Or better still, “why do they call it ‘cancelling’ when they actually mean criticizing?” Gonzalo Torné asks himself these questions in an article that would receive an unexpected reply: that of Clara Montsalvatges, one of the characters of his novels. Together they paint the picture of a scenario where the “emancipated audiences” are making new demands on creators and they question the responsibilities of an artistic representation that is committed to capturing complexity.
A sharp, questioning essay that reveals the different interests behind the term “cancel culture” and inspects the criteria that we use to evaluate art today.
Does a censoring and puritan “cancel culture”, limiting the artists freedom, really exist? Or better still, “why do they call it ‘cancelling’ when they actually mean criticizing?” Gonzalo Torné asks himself these questions in an article that would receive an unexpected reply: that of Clara Montsalvatges, one of the characters of his novels. Together they paint the picture of a scenario where the “emancipated audiences” are making new demands on creators and they question the responsibilities of an artistic representation that is committed to capturing complexity.
