Does He Have a Point?
Summary
A straphanger has a controversial theory: great artists earn the right to be assholes. The better your work, the worse you can behave. It's a sliding scale. Quentin Tarantino gets a pass because he makes "all bangers." Nicki Minaj? She's earned it. Morrissey can be difficult. But the guys in Oasis? They haven't built up enough goodwill to be jerks to legends like Morrissey, though they're allowed to trash newer bands like The 1975. Kareem seems to agree with the hierarchy, at least when it comes to British rock feuds.
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If you make great art, I think you get to be a little bit of, like, me. 100% agree. All right, cool. And I think the more great art you make, the more you get to be an asshole. So it's a sliding scale, correct?
So, like, Quentin Tarantino, for example, all bangers. I think he has a good enough amount of goodwill built up that he can be a bit of an asshole. Well, a lot. Let me give you some more examples. Morrissey can be an okay—Nicki Minaj can be a bit of an ass. And she deserves to be. People who don't deserve to be—the guys in Oasis. Oh, come on! No, no, no, no, no, no. Listen, bro, that's a good way to put it. So, like, Oasis can't be assholes to people above them like Morrissey, but can be to The 1975 as they were and as they should be.