tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030894870368022350.post5806738443530414827..comments2023-11-19T17:33:23.840+00:00Comments on FoldsFive: One mans street art is another mans waste of a perfectly good wallFoldsFivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00117379410107259222noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030894870368022350.post-31486627603012678332010-10-14T08:54:57.849+01:002010-10-14T08:54:57.849+01:00In the interest of balance, and because it's s...In the interest of balance, and because it's so well put, here's an email I got from my friend James on the subject. I hope he doesn't mind me reprinting it here.<br /><br />Hello there.<br /> <br />I feel moved to respond to your blog post about Banksy! A conversation along these lines in the pub will probably devolve into an alcohol-fuelled rant on my part, so this seems like the best way of doing it.<br /> <br />First, I like Banksy's stuff. I find it amusing, and I think it's well-executed, so it meets my personal expectations of art. His political points strike a chord with me, too, which helps immeasurably.<br /> <br />Now, about the Simpsons opener itself. I enjoyed it! I could have lived without Banksy's name scrawled on various Springfield buildings. I mean, why? But, apart from that, I thought it was a funny, knowing satire. It made fun of the venerable institution which the Simpsons has become. And, by extension, Fox. Damn it, people need to laugh at Fox. If they don't, they might take Fox News seriously.<br /> <br />I don't think it's supposed to be subversive or revolutionary. It's a joke, not an attack. Murdoch, I'm sure, won't have seen it. He has people who have people who have people to do that for him. And I can't imagine he watches the Simpsons for pleasure.<br /> <br />No, it's aimed at the Simpsons audience, the people who watch it because it's a satire. And I think the point needs to be made from time to time: the Simpsons is animated by Koreans who are paid less than their American counterparts would be. We are all OK with that, right?<br /> <br />On your last point, I think Banksy's identity was revealed a few months back. I seem to remember a furore because he'd been to a public school. But I might be mistaken. I genuinely believed that Michael Schumacher was the Stig, after all.<br /><br />James.FoldsFivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117379410107259222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030894870368022350.post-75524369162565627122010-10-12T23:29:28.664+01:002010-10-12T23:29:28.664+01:00But...but...he made Mickey Mouse hold hands with t...But...but...he made Mickey Mouse hold hands with the burning kid from Vietnam and Ronald McDonald. Don't you SEE the genius he is? He's subverting ALL OF SOCIETY man, he's the mirror that reflects the world for the twisted place that it is.<br /><br />Or he's a jumped up pretentious little tagger that thinks that incongruous juxtaposition = political statements.Theobanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13218662549404434716noreply@blogger.com