Banksy’s Hope?
I think of a cultural generation of being, like, ten years. And there are three generations below that but they didn’t grow up seeing almost anything good. If you were maybe a stray genius — which I know everyone thinks they are, especially people your age, but they’re not, there have never been that many, they’re not going to start now — the cultural environment is so debased, it has an echoing effect for many generations. I don’t know if the world ever will recover, frankly. I really don’t.
(A most admired cynical-humorist)
Then re-quoted on Sore Afraid
(An excellent read BTW.)
Ms. Lebowitz was referring to the terrible loss to the world of art due to AIDS. A dark but touching tribute to the too-many-lives-lost to that plague.
But, many artists have survived, among them a stray genius or two. So to Ms Lebowitz, heeeeere’s Banksy!
And of course his hilarious/troubling/terribly sad really, intro to the Simpson’s.
No matter how many times I try, I always mispronounce his name.
As for Fran, me think she doth protest, if not too much, maybe a little too soon.
