THE SIMPSONS AND BANKSY

El artista británico de graffiti Banksy es el autor de los controvertidos títulos de crédito con que la veterana serie de animación Los Simpsons abrió el capítulo emitido el domingo en EE UU bajo el título Money Bart La intro dura mas de un minuto comienza con las fachadas de la villa de Springfield cubiertas de graffitis con la firma de Banksy. A continuación, durante un minuto, la acción se traslada a una oscura fábrica surcoreana donde docenas de trabajadores explotados elaboran viñetas de animación y merchandising de la serie. Los muñecos que representan la figura de Bart se rellenan con piel de gato muerto y el cuerno de un unicornio encadenado sirve para perforar DVDs de Los Simpsons.

While this is primarily TV related I am posting it anyway since the street artist known as Banksy had his profile elevated several notches this year with his direction of the most likely-faux documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop, and continuing the message adopted by that film, Banksy was invited to storyboard the opening couch gag for "The Simpsons."

The gag, once you watch it is … I'm not sure "shocking" is the appropriate word, but when all things are considered it is shocking to see such a thing on a major network given its content. Then again, Fox has pretty much had to give up on censoring such material considering they house both "The Simpsons" and "Family Guy," both shows known for taking shots at "the man."