That deserved a good kick in the shin.
October 9, 2013 7:01 AM   Subscribe

Rebel Rocket Attack: A new (and oddly disturbing) Banksy video project. [slyt | via]
posted by quin (18 comments total) 7 users marked this as a favorite
 
Did not go where I expected. Approve!
posted by Decani at 7:11 AM on October 9, 2013 [1 favorite]


Wow, Banksy sure has taken a turn for the worse. I think he definitely used to have a funny spin with a pop art sensibility. But now it just seems sort of funny and farcical. He was always on the edge of what is art and what is entertaining and now it's basically an Adult Swim short.

There used to be a message, even if it was an easy one.
posted by Napierzaza at 7:14 AM on October 9, 2013


Nice twist - I had been expecting Admiral Ackbar.
posted by borborygmi at 7:15 AM on October 9, 2013 [4 favorites]


I'll be this turns out to be a viral video promoting Dumbo and Dumber To.
posted by any major dude at 7:27 AM on October 9, 2013


Yeah. That was definitely unexpected.

The message seemed pretty clear: Those guys with the RPG shouting Allahu Akbar are messing up that kid's chance to be a kid.
posted by three blind mice at 7:40 AM on October 9, 2013 [5 favorites]


I'm not sure if this is a 'hey this is cool' or if he intentionally picked a somewhat contemporary symbol of corporate American and a specific US political party.
posted by Nanukthedog at 8:09 AM on October 9, 2013


It's a bit on the nose... sorry trunk
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 8:12 AM on October 9, 2013


Excellent.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 8:12 AM on October 9, 2013


Sometimes a funny is just a funny. And this is fucking funny.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 8:45 AM on October 9, 2013 [1 favorite]


the sequel will presumably be the drone attack on bambi and his father, al-Qaeda's no. 2 leader in the forest.
posted by ennui.bz at 8:57 AM on October 9, 2013


gets a bad review from a middle eastern satirist, though I'd have thought the first comment has the right interpretation.
posted by mdn at 9:12 AM on October 9, 2013


Foci for Analysis: "Sometimes a funny is just a funny."

That's never, ever true of Banksy.
posted by IAmBroom at 9:55 AM on October 9, 2013


Well he might be making a simple statement about how "we" view these war videos as a sort of entertainment, seeking ever greater moments of violence to the point of absurdity.
posted by stbalbach at 10:04 AM on October 9, 2013


They were attacking Imaginationland
posted by yoHighness at 10:29 AM on October 9, 2013




So unexpected and much more disturbing the more I watch it. Makes me tear up thinking about it.
posted by kinetic at 6:19 PM on October 9, 2013


Sirens of the lambs
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 4:31 PM on October 11, 2013 [1 favorite]




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