The worlds of politics and entertainment have always been intertwined, but today, the two have become increasingly difficult to separate. But perhaps they shouldn’t be. Art and life are reflections of each other, after all.
“If you’re trying to occupy public space with narrative, whether it’s television or film or art or journalism [and] you’re not speaking to this, you’re missing a moment that you’re obligated to,” David Simon, who created topical series such as “The Wire,” said at the ATX Television Festival Saturday.
Simon, a former journalist turned showrunner, continued to say “all art is inevitably political on some measure of the spectrum, and if you’re not tending to what’s happening now, you’re going to be judged.”
“I feel like this is the moment where you’ve got to stand up,” he said. “Certain things that we took for granted, that were inherently implausible and beyond the pale for our political construct, are now on the table.”
Simon’s projects have never shied away from confronting the issues…
