Artist Disillusionment: Difference between revisions

* Noted science fiction author [[Harlan Ellison]] has developed something of a notorious reputation for being somewhat... crabby, due to a combination of a willingness to speak his mind and an ''un''willingness to tolerate fools gladly, (and a willingness of fans and other writers to [http://shii.org/knows/Harlan_Ellison prank him] for this) which has led to some interesting confrontations both with fans and professionals alike. Ellison insists, however, that this element of his personality has been exaggerated, and that he is not nearly as mean-spirited and unpleasant as the stories about him would have you believe. On the other hand, he's called people he didn't like, "Niggers with attitude." Though maybe he's just a [[N.W.A.]] fan.

** When [[Penny Arcade|Michael Krahulik and Jerry Holkins]] were guests of honor at an event with Ellison, Ellison mocked Krahulik (Gabe) in front of the entire crowd ''merely for not having gone to college''. Holkins (Tycho) summed it up like this:

*** Mike got him back with this line.

* It's debatable as to whether or not he still loves the work he's done over his decades-long career, but Frank Oz, the Muppeteer from [[Jim Henson]]'s show and long-time comedy partner, never does any public appearances except for a few every several years, insists that fans see him as just another guy who happened to get lucky instead of a dazzling super-star, and publicly bashed [[The Muppets (film)|Disney's revival after reading the script and tuned down the offer to work on it.]] When he ''is'' in a public event, he is very gracious to fans, thankfully.

* In the 19th century, Russian playwright [[Nikolai Gogol]] wrote a often cited letter about how he was disappointed by the way the actors played the characters in "the Government Inspector" (also called "The Inspector General"), completely misinterpreting his intentions and failing to give them proper depth. He was generally quite prone to such [[Creator Breakdown|breakdowns]], though.

* [[Noah Antwiler]] of [[The Spoony Experiment]] had enough [[Fan Dumb]] and outright [[Troll|Trolling]] in his fanbase that not only has he called out his fans numerous times, but has had his colleagues from thatguywiththeglasses.com become incredibly jumpy about doing cross-overs with him for fear of the sheer rain of hellish trolling they'll come under fire for.

* This was a major factor why [[Dave Chappelle]] pulled the plug on [[Chappelle's Show|his eponymous show]], as [[Discredited Meme|he'd grown sick]] of all the people who would walk up to him saying lines like "[[Memetic Mutation|I'm Rick James,]] [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|bitch!]]" (once, while he was with his wife and children!), also believing they [[Misaimed Fandom|missed the point]] of his show's sketches. In one live concert, Dave chewed his fans out:

* The late [[John Hughes]] [http://wellknowwhenwegetthere.blogspot.com/2009/08/sincerely-john-hughes.html?commentPage=8 once told someone] that he left the Hollywood scene out of fear that it would have a negative impact on his kids. Plus, he felt that the film industry overworked his friend John Candy to the point that it killed the actor.

* Follow [[Jhonen Vasquez]] on [http://twitter.com/JhonenV Twitter for a while] and it becomes abundantly clear that his fans really irritate him.