After finishing ”Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” I sort of ”lost the plot” on audiobooks for a while again. That meant a lot of podcasts for a few weeks but then I got into the audio drama version of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman: Act III. I’ve listened to ”Act I” and ”Act II” in the past and liked them both. I’ve also read various parts of ”The Sandman” comic at various times and liked them. I also watched the first season of the Netflix adaptation (is there more seasons?) and found it decent, but nothing more.

For the past year or so, Gaiman has been accused of being, let’s say, a less than fantastic person. It’s hard to not think about that when reading/listening to his works, but I always try to not let that stop me from enjoying a work of art. If a person has committed a crime they should be punished for it, regardless of whether they are ”artists” or not. However, in my opinion, a piece of art could still, and should still, be enjoyed even if one or more of the artists behind it is a piece of shit.¹

That being said, it’s hard to listen to various parts of ”The Sandman” with the recent accusations in mind and not think that it is probably the work of someone who is somewhat fucked up.

So did I enjoy it? Yes, most of it, but not all of it.