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Neil Gaiman "cancelled"?

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Season 3 of Good Omens and a new Gaiman adaptation have been paused after women (5 women, according to Gaiman's Wikipedia page) made allegations of sexual assault against Neil Gaiman.

Production has been paused on the third and final season of fantasy drama Good Omens, the Neil Gaiman drama for Amazon that’s shooting in Scotland.

Deadline is hearing there are discussions about possible production changes. A spokesperson would not comment.

News about the future of Good Omen comes less than a week after Disney put a planned feature adaptation of Gaiman’s 2008 YA title The Graveyard Book on pause amid a series of sexual assault allegations against the award-winning author. (Insiders said multiple factors went into the decision). Gaiman has denied the allegations and said he was “disturbed” by them.
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https://deadline.com/2024/09/good-omens-production-paused-on-amazon-drama-neil-gaiman-1236082924/

In 2024, five women accused Gaiman of sexual assault and abuse, including Julia Hobsbawm, OBE, who accused Gaiman of "an aggressive, unwanted pass" and described how Gaiman pushed her onto a sofa and French kissed her. He has denied all the accusations, and in Hobsbawm's incident dismissed it as "no more than a young man misreading a situation," according to the report.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gaiman?wprov=sfti1#Sexual_assault_allegations

Disappointing even if it's not true, as mud tends to stick.
 
Yeah. I've always been more a fan of Neil Gaiman as a person than I was of Neil Gaiman as a writer, but this gave me serious pause.
 
between this and Dave Grohl, I just can't enjoy anything anymore.
 
Whether one can, or indeed should, separate the art from the artist, is a very long-standing debate. However, as a lifelong fan of Richard Wagner, I find I'm rather good at it.
 
The artist being dead makes it a lot easier to separate the art from the artist.
 
The Gaiman thing has come up in a few of the book-related subreddits I visit, going on a month or so now. One of the allegations is that his wife has been actively and aggressively involved in trying to convince his accusers to stay silent.
 
Definitely sounds like a dickweed:

During Gaiman’s oral sex with Wallner, she said “he used to say to me ‘Call me your master. Tell me you want it. Tell me you want it.’ He would choke me sometimes.”
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Note that he was taking advantage of his power relationship over the women--one was his child's nanny, another an 18-year-old fan, and a third (Wallner) a tenant on his property.

Never been a fan (or a critic); I tried to get through American Gods and was temporarily out of interest in comics during the Sandman run, so even though I'm sure I've read something of his I enjoyed it's not coming to me at the moment.
 
Brainster said:
Definitely sounds like a dickweed:

During Gaiman’s oral sex with Wallner, she said “he used to say to me ‘Call me your master. Tell me you want it. Tell me you want it.’ He would choke me sometimes.”
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Note that he was taking advantage of his power relationship over the women--one was his child's nanny, another an 18-year-old fan, and a third (Wallner) a tenant on his property.

Never been a fan (or a critic); I tried to get through American Gods and was temporarily out of interest in comics during the Sandman run, so even though I'm sure I've read something of his I enjoyed it's not coming to me at the moment.
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Where are you quoting from?
 
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