Did not expect such a roast, but I agree. Banksy's art has the same non-profound energy as those "Phone and Video Games BAD !" _We live in a Society_ arguments, very Boomer Facebook Group. Which is a shame, because the visuals are great actually.
I honestly like banksy because of the quality of his art, and it's unique enough to not be as eye rolling or cringe worthy as a boomer Facebook group or what have you.
Personally, I think graffiti can be neat if done right. Artistically and message wise. This video made me chuckle alot, made my crappy morning better. Thank you Harry Gold, love your videos!
I don't know about other countries but in Polish cities there are some designated areas where it is legal to spray paint. There's not a lot of them but they exist. They are mostly under bridges or viaducts, at least in Warsaw. Alao I think it's pretty ok to paint on ruined industrial buildings etc. They often look better with the graffiti on them than they did before. I really like when there are nice paintings on the walls of blocks of flats. There are quite a lot of ugly building in Warsaw that have no or close to no windows on their sides so the art is much appreciated.
I did not expect this level of class contempt, had thought it was feigned and played up for laughs in previous videos, but it seems to come from the heart here
Yeah, it was quite the shock. Going after banksy I had no issue with, but the class contempt seemed too genuine in this one. Like, outside of a "this is just a character I'm doing". Maybe it was intended to be read as such, but the execution leaves me wondering...
@A Blue Fishh He goes after graffiti, rap music, and illegal immigrants all in the same video. All things that are generally associated with people and communities that are struggling financially. To be fair to Harry, I feel like he's trying to be the Jimmy Carr of art channel RU-vidrs, savagely roasting the subject of his video in an entertaining way. But yeah, it came off a little heavy-handed on this one. Harry, this ain't it. You have to be an equal opportunity roaster, my guy.
You're back! I was afraid you'd become disheartened from the lack of the recognition you deserve. BTW Are you named after the Russian operative who gave atomic secrets to the Russians in the 1940's?
I usually really like your videos, but for some of these takes I hope is the satire going over my head. Rappers not being real musicians and only crooks loving them is some real white boomer stuff. The undocumented migrants bit was a bit of an eyebrow raiser. And the, funnily enough, hot take of criticizing Banksy for not being much of a hot taker is a very common opinion. Yes, Banksy art is corny, but he has done thousands of artworks in a lot of different media (Sculptures, installations, performance art, mockumentary, etc.) that even if most of it is shallow, it still admirable the dedication and fun ways that it adapts to the environment where it was made. I don't kow, this video gave me the vibe that all those ironic woke jokes weren't ironic in the first place.
I like the amount of effort you put into your videos, I like the fact that every video has a plot of entertainment and isn’t just limited to the trend itself but I keep running into more politics than I’d expect and really weird lines like the “Talentless crook” thing. It’s obviously your platform, you have the right to say whatever you want I think(?) but some of these things aren’t exactly as agreeable as you make them sound. Idc for anyone to criticize how Tupac’s music is or him in his actions but he obviously stood for something very important and it sounds like you’re scrutinizing others who care about the same values. It sounds like you believe in some pretty weird things, and as a new fan of your work, I’d have rather not found out. TLDR I admire your effort and fell in love with your work at first but with some of the things you’ve said, I’d rather not associate.
Same, I am enjoying some of Harry's content but in more than one video I'm getting unconfortable vibes from him, he gets way too political for no reason
Yeah same, I always got the vibe from him that he was a really judgmental type of person and by that I mean the type to really look down on you if you like a show he thinks is awful. I still watch his videos but it's always just for the content, never him because he _really_ feels like the type of person I don't want to associate nor interact with. He just doesn't feel like a particularly good person.
YES THANK YOU!!! I agree so much, because Tupac was a person who fought for freedom. Harry's "jokes" or remarks about him make Tupac seem as if he's all just "gangs good, swearing fun, drugs and violence yippee!" Which is not true.
Simplifying a rapper who positively impacted tons of people this way while admitting you don't even like rap (thus can't really tell the difference between good & bad rap) strikes me as Harry doing the polar opposite of lame PC culture as a "take that" & two wrongs don't really make a right. "Well he did crime" yeah and tons of celebs from light-skinned races did equally as if not more questionable things while still having artistic merit. Regular people who like him are just gonna see it as the other side of the "this creator you like is a toxic mediocre cishet white man" coin. Not trying to shit on him; I think he has excellent aesthetic sense. Just saying this stuff ends up being just as divisive.
I love this guys videos, but I can't stand this one. I really really love graffiti and although some of this is atrocious. I don't think anything has to be completely original to be deeply meaningful. Especially in the case of Banksy. Being a satirist means you have to make satire of something. If you genuinely think Banksy gives off "I'm 14 and this is deep" vibes, than you are likely being too hateful or critical of his stuff. In my opinion, the more people saying "child labor is bad" the better. Especially if it's in a creative way.
@BentleyTheYeti2000 It's a crime to kill someone, would you say it's morally wrong to kill in self defense to save your own life from murder or assault? There are also some pretty ridiculous laws out there that no one abides by or enforces
Some talented, thought out graffiti can be really nice to look at. Gives a blank space something interesting. The scrawling and vulgarity aren’t nice to look at though, and in the end all 3 are defacing somebody else’s property. I think in the end I just want more business owners to hire mural artists. Lol
@@stproducciones9140 Feels very negligent and blatantly ignores part of his entire discography, personality, and history just to make a half-assed jab at dead guy.
@@stproducciones9140 dude the only music you listen to video game OSTs and imperial german marching music, such a drooling toddler-like take. Half of the musicians that were considered "proper music" had sex with underaged fans especially in the 60s-90s but I don't hear anything about that.
@@fistbowl1848he literally said that TUPAC himself is a talentless crook- and that other talentless crooks like him. He did NOT say ANY about Tupac’s race and skin color-💀
there’s a few ethical wall art projects where I live. I used to walk everyday near a 5-story tall building that had its ENTIRE side painted by this one super cool local artist, and 4 years later I ended up working at an art gallery where that exact artist was renting a room as his workshop.
He seemed cool and potentially open minded and nice, dunking on people who were mad that the human versions of darwin from tawog were drawn black. Then he let a little of what may be his true opinions slip out, and it was very uncomfortable. I liked him in that other video better
1987 called, and they want their "Rap is not real music!" hot take/racist dog whistles back. Oof. You've shown your true colors - I'm sorry, I mean COLOURS.
@@user-lr8ow2jg4e yeah pretend like it's exclusively the fucking devil and exclusively goes where it shouldn't, would be wrong or inappropriate etc. Or you could be a normal, non npc human (doubt it) and realize that NOT everything and everywhere a government decides is "too special" is AND there are literally places where graffiti is both welcome and encouraged, AND there are places designated specifically for graffiti, but go ahead and act like a boomer. I mean you're already commenting on something from a year ago, so we all know you eat stale food.
Ngl, when I first read the tittle of this video I tought this was going to be a Breaking Bad parody, then I fully read it and realized this is not about breaking bad... But it's ok
highly recommend this video to anyone who wants a vibe check: either you will super love this guy, or won't be able to stand him. he either doesn't actually understand the messages being portrayed or are willfully misrepresenting them as a joke, and somehow has no shame being disgustingly anti-Black. obviously not every joke sucked, and some of the "art pieces" were probably yes, teenages being shitty. if it were me, i'd stick to those. regardless of your feelings on it, racism isnt a good look. (even if you're not in the usa! wild!)
I don't agree with him about graffiti, but I don't really see how it's racist. unless you mean the stuff at the end, but if you watch his other videos he always describes people that insultingly no matter what their race is
hey dumb fucks in this thread- it’s not just the dissing on graffiti. the jabs at rap being bad sure don’t help the image here. also. you dumb fucks. not all breaking the law is equal. by stating the *fact* that graffiti is a popular piece of african american culture, they’re not inherently saying all black people are criminals. it’s not racist to acknowledge the origin of art forms, even if that form of art breaks the law
the commenter was obviously and unambiguously referring to the comments about Tupac and those who listen to him being crooks. The attempt to deflect the original claim back into the commenter is frankly disgusting and if I were any of you, I would be so embarrassed at my pathetic misunderstanding that I would deactivate my entire RU-vid account in shame Like seriously, imagine coming to this video and trying to pull "uhhh actually it was YOU who is racist!" Like a complete buffoon
You're a very funny content creator and a pretty good artist to boot. However, after watching this, I get the impression that you don't like black people maybe?
0:54 "I've yet to seen a wall that was actually improved by one of these garish eyesores" just look up pictures of Lisbon's (the capital of Portugal) graffiti
this is quite sad to watch after all the amazing work i saw in your fixing art videos. many of the comments edge on being unaware at best, pointedly malicious dog whistles at worst. really sad tbh
thank you for your banksy monologue! five-six years ago i went to his exhibition and left being incredible angry because of amount of cringe i have seen.
Honestly I don’t see these as what graffiti would usually be seen as, more of a mix of murals and small lettering. Nevermind, yet my point still stands.
haven't watched much of the video, I'm commenting early, but you come off very strongly as anti-vandalism seemingly simply because it's a crime. The way I see it as long as it's not immoral or obstructive it's fine, and graffiti is a legitimate art form in my eyes. You're coming off very "that new fangled rap 'music' "
I get it, don’t expect you to go to these places and fix it with a paint can. But this video kinda defeats the purpose of graffiti. And you didn’t even try to capture a graffiti style, unless you think the airbrush tool was doing it, in which case; it was not. Not a hater just a critic. It’s actually refreshing to watch videos from someone who I don’t either love or hate, but someone in the middle. Because I feel like fixing art is kinda redundant most of the time and has definitely aged a bit and gone a bit sour nowadays within the art community.
I wonder why nobody buys a ticket to "that Indian guy" to latin America... He is wanted here, like those old Western posters but without the alive part
*Amazing* The Harry Gold Show is an amazing show, the drawings, expressions, humor is lovely! Amazing show 10/10 would watch again. [⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️] Out of [⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️]
Why do you hate graffiti so damn much? Like I actually didnt care much before this video, but you have to admit sometimes it can be good! I've seen some AMAZING art. Ofc I was always anti painting on buildings without the owners permission but in some places it's legal and idk why you have such strange political takes, like someone making art criticising child labor is bad?? I thought this would be like the tattoo video, making non heated jokes while drawing over funny art and showing off your honesty good skills. Idc about if people agree with the takes but it is just a tone shift and honesty confusing coming from an artist. 😕
I dont see whats wring with making art about child soldiers just because everyone else agrees. Like, are we as a society going to stop depicting beautiful people in art, because we all agree on what conventional beauty looks like? Is it bad to write a love song, because you already know what a love song sounds like? Its a really weird thing to get high and mighty over. Like its fine to dislike Banksy, his work is extremely heavy handed and wont appeal to everyone. But calling it "self-aggrandizing" because it holds a common moral stance is just weird. You should be able say child labor is bad without some british guy in a suit making fun of you, simply because we should all already know its bad
