Why we shouldn’t cancel good art by bad boys

If Neil Gaiman’s life today were a scene in one of his own stories for children of all ages, the scandal darkening his shiny global stardom would be revealed as the handiwork of the dream-eaters. But those dastardly villains, whose diet consists of the eyeballs (not to speak of the hopes and dreams) of innocent people, are defeated in the end. Our hero — the creative genius — would triumph over the fantastical creatures, aided and advised throughout the nightmare by a female friend. She will have travelled the same path as the artist because she wants to be along for the ride. Besides, she feels entirely safe with him.

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Originally published in The Times Of India