By now, the business community is used to accusations of
its alleged black arts from environmentalists, left - wing politicians and assorted other activists.
This would be a minefield even if its creator weren't dealing with rumors regarding his own
alleged bad behavior; as it is, the movie's questioning of whether great
art excuses artists with personal failings and how privilege plays into it («I guess only poor people are pedophiles,» says one character) comes with C.K.'s usual sharp wit, anything - goes experimentation (that
black - and - white cinematography, those old - school Hollywood credits) and a refusal to offer up easy answers.
For all that has gone before, «The extreme nature of the «
black» paintings, the very way they «work» in the world as
art, contradicts their
alleged dissociation from ideology.»