Thoughts on the Banksy Ad 'Campaign' for his Film

okay so you open 'Wall and Piece'and see

'the people who truly dface our neighbourhoods are the companies that scrawl giant slogans across the buildings and buses trying to make us feel inadequate unless we buy something'

'it takes a lot of guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one believes in - like peace justice and freedom'

so I bought into 'Banksy' the freedom writer (who said wit was dead? well if that didn't kill it, all the ridulous Banksy interviews recently certainly put it on life support) , trying to make the world a slightly better place, not the rich art elite, striking a blow for the man on the street who's sick of being sold things, who's sick of being told why art can only be appreciated if you've got the right education, and anyway, fuck that art is ugly and bears no relation to the life I lead - so why the fuck would I like it anyway?

so yeah I read this into it, was it right? I needed a message in this media, consumption based, cynical, information overloaded age and he gave it to me - this, well, it makes me feel dirty.

Are you now selling me something other than 'Banksy' ? I inextricably link all these new pieces, to buying a ticket and seeing a film, to Americans going  'oh right, I should see the film' .

I don't for a second think its that cynical, he's out there, the films on and look at all these wonderful cities with histories he can critique, I understand that, I do, but still in the pit of my stomach I feel slightly sick, just like when I turn over when the ads come on.