Posted on 08/06/2009 9:56:51 AM PDT by SloopJohnB
In 1987, Andres Serrano submerged a small plastic crucifix in a glass jar of his own urine and called it Piss Christ. Not to be outdone, Chris Ofili daubed elephant dung on a painting of the Virgin Mary.
While some narrow-minded philistines complained, the artistic establishment heaped praise (and money) on these and works like them. The National Endowment for the Arts was so impressed with Serranos work they granted him $15,000 courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer. For his effort, Ofili was awarded the Turner Prize, Britains most prestigious art award...[snip]...
Shocking the middle classes is one thing. Shocking the art establishment is quite another. And when those sensibilities largely overlap, as they do in these early, halcyon days of the Obama administration, then woe betide anyone who dares to draw outside the lines set by the media-education-government complex.
(Excerpt) Read more at bighollywood.breitbart.com ...
Thank you!
How long before Time sues for defamation (or copyright infringement, some other moronic issue) ?
Re: “How long before Time sues for defamation (or copyright infringement, some other moronic issue) ?”
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How long before Time is totally out of business? They have what, three advertisers left? There’s nothing but the covers and a few pages of copy left as it is. Same for “Newsweak.”
The men who played the joker have always been white.
Liberals see the poster and are frightened that Obama is WHITE.
They are afraid on a subliminal level that Obama might be a white man like George Bush - MAYBE A CONSERVATIVE WHITE MAN ( CAN YOU HEAR THE LIBERAL SCREAMING?)))
While I appreciate your changing the handle to jOker. I think a more accurate method would be to simply drop the “R”.
Love it! But now I must “flag” you, you mean dispicable man! I am awaiting my glory in the obama administration.
Uncanny how one just naturally flows into the other.
bttt
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