If you watch The Simpsons, you look forward to each episode's opening sequence. Each week, they find a new and exciting way to put the family onto the living room couch. If you saw last night's episode, you may have wondered why it had a decidedly more somber tone to the scene. It was a "behind the scenes" look at how the Simpsons was made. Sweatshop conditions in the animation studio. Kitten fur as toy stuffing. A decapitated dolphin head licking boxes shut. Take a look.
I thought it was funny. It was just such a departure from what you would expect to see, it took you off guard. Last night was the first time that Fox had "outsourced" the couch gag to an outside artist in their 22 season run. The artist? The British underground graffiti artist, Banksy. Banksy, whose real identity is unknown, was the subject of the 2010 documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop. A brilliant artist, whose medium is exclusively spray paint, he is known for being outspoken and pushing the envelope. In the past, his paintings would just spontaneously appear in the Louvre, MoMA and at the Museum of Natural History in New York City and would go unnoticed for days.
Banksy has a history of biting the hand that feeds him, just to make a statement. No one really knows who he is. The vast majority of his works are public pieces that aren't commissioned. He has nothing to lose. It's Fox that looks like the fool here. It will probably be another 22 seasons before they let another outsider work on their show. If you would like to see more of Banksy's work, here is a video of just a fraction of what he had done. There are a number of videos on Youtube you can view.
I thought it was funny. It was just such a departure from what you would expect to see, it took you off guard. Last night was the first time that Fox had "outsourced" the couch gag to an outside artist in their 22 season run. The artist? The British underground graffiti artist, Banksy. Banksy, whose real identity is unknown, was the subject of the 2010 documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop. A brilliant artist, whose medium is exclusively spray paint, he is known for being outspoken and pushing the envelope. In the past, his paintings would just spontaneously appear in the Louvre, MoMA and at the Museum of Natural History in New York City and would go unnoticed for days.
Banksy has a history of biting the hand that feeds him, just to make a statement. No one really knows who he is. The vast majority of his works are public pieces that aren't commissioned. He has nothing to lose. It's Fox that looks like the fool here. It will probably be another 22 seasons before they let another outsider work on their show. If you would like to see more of Banksy's work, here is a video of just a fraction of what he had done. There are a number of videos on Youtube you can view.
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