I'll probably have an interview with Video too if he allows, once the movie is available abroad. I want to see the movie, and I'm sure I'll be left with questions after seeing it, about the creative process. This interview doesn't address my questions.
"When I tell people I’m a fur and I get that standard 'you people dress up as animals and have sex,' I have to go out of my way and explain that’s a minority interest."
That is not my response to such a statement, 'going out of my way to explain it's a minority interest'. The statement is a non-sequitur. It's just as valid as:
'I like Magic the Gathering Trading Card Game' -> 'You people dress up as magicians and have sex'
My first thought is 'what the hell are you smoking'. My response is, not 'getting out of my way' to prove the statement wrong but simply answering matter-of-factly it is wrong. The statement is not offensive, just bizarrely incorrect. (And before you answer it's correct in some cases, well so are a few MTG fans probably role-playing in bed about having wizard sex, but that's not what the hobby's about.)
It comes down to the degree you're comfortable with your hobby. Other fandoms / hobbies don't have to 'go out of their way' to explain what they're not, so why do you feel you have to.
I'll probably have an interview with Video too if he allows, once the movie is available abroad. I want to see the movie, and I'm sure I'll be left with questions after seeing it, about the creative process. This interview doesn't address my questions.
That is not my response to such a statement, 'going out of my way to explain it's a minority interest'. The statement is a non-sequitur. It's just as valid as:
'I like Magic the Gathering Trading Card Game' -> 'You people dress up as magicians and have sex'
My first thought is 'what the hell are you smoking'. My response is, not 'getting out of my way' to prove the statement wrong but simply answering matter-of-factly it is wrong. The statement is not offensive, just bizarrely incorrect. (And before you answer it's correct in some cases, well so are a few MTG fans probably role-playing in bed about having wizard sex, but that's not what the hobby's about.)
It comes down to the degree you're comfortable with your hobby. Other fandoms / hobbies don't have to 'go out of their way' to explain what they're not, so why do you feel you have to.