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Somerandomdickhead t1_is8nu78 wrote

> Ian Katz, Channel 4’s director of programming, confirmed that if the studio audience chose to save the painting by Hitler it would not hang in the Channel 4 boardroom but would be “appropriately” disposed of.

So no matter what the audience chooses they’re going to destroy it anyway. Sounds like they just want to destroy art they deem inappropriate.

And just for the fact I need to mention it. This is not me being pro-Hitler or Rolf Harris or any other fuckwit artist. It’s me me being anti-Jimmy Carr Destroys Art, it’s a dumb idea for a show.

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TheSeventhAnimorph t1_is90nxd wrote

"Disposing of" something doesn't inherently mean destroying it; it just means getting rid of it from their perspective in some manner. In this case, it would probably just mean it would go to a museum or something.

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Somerandomdickhead t1_is975bp wrote

Maybe, and I don’t disagree. I just think going to all the effort to buy the art only to either destroy it or get rid of it seems like a waste of money.

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Budgiesaurus t1_is9ptjv wrote

It's not though, it's in investment for a show that is supposed to earn them more money.

This is like saying building a set to film a show only to destroy it later is a waste of money.

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