Hold on, now. Are you telling me there were movies made before 1980? What the hell am I reading all those online lists for, then?

I’m not even judging the artistic value here. It’s just so laughable, that one was almost considered a crime, while the other uncovering is just fun and games.

Your comment is the 2014 version of, “My kid could paint that.”

I agree with both your words and your tone, but I’ll add one thing that I think does legitimately differentiate Banksy’s work from the Disney suckling cow teet dollar sign trope: I do think the fact that these images pop up in a public space and have an aesthetic that implies mass production (stencils), and often has…

The world doesn’t actually need more bullshit thought pieces and blogs. You’re pretty clueless.

Amen. People who have only been paying attention to Banksy for the past few years and then say they’re a johnny-come-lately are like folks who finally watch Casablanca or Citizen Kane and then deride those films for being full of cliches.

Well I think it’s kind of a cheap shot to bemoan that the fact that the art only engages in surface-level social commentary not necessarily because it’s not true, but because I’m not sure how much more you can really expect graffiti art to do. Ultimately, we’re talking about images as statements on very complex…

Exactly. Horrible article.

Your point is that the only valid form of social commentary is the written word? That is ridiculous. Paintings, cartoons, comics, etc. are meaningless then?

I never got the Banksy thing but the NY work he did plus the West Bank hotel completely changed my mind and I am somewhat firmly in the “he’s a genius” camp now.

Your critique of what you think constitutes Banksy’s work is so much shallower than your misrepresented version of his work that I do have to give you some credit. Your comment is the 2014 version of, “My kid could paint that.” If you’re trying to satirize or parody people who explain things they obviously can’t…

Where’s the outrage for doxxing him?

This was the reaction from jezebel about the doxxing of Elena Ferrante and the tone was so different from the snarky dismissiveness of unmasking Banksy in this post. I wonder, do you not recognize him as an artist at all, or should only (female?) writers enjoy the privilege of anonymity?

You don’t think that this:

Are you really dismissing art as an effective tool for raising consciousness? Really? Like, writing or speaking is acceptable but art isn’t?

Are you that dumb? The ‘ghetto’ piece was mocking the gentrification of the bronx (which is largely sold to middle class white youth as being ‘ghetto’) as well as graffiti. It was also calling out current graffiti artists that think they’re doing something ‘ghetto’. With that said, Banksy has never really tried to…

Oh great. Here comes all the hate and criticism despite the fact that Banksy has always produced pretty thoughtful and often social justice oriented free art.

Christ listen to the announcers! Talking about how Ellie should get a taunting technical for looking in Ainge’s general direction, then cornbread throws the ball directly in Ellie’s face and they’re like, “We cannot read Whitey’s intent...”

Jackson had refused to work out for the Celtics unless they guaranteed him they would draft him at No. 3.

Holy fuck is this a dumb take