Banksy Performs for YouTube? You Decide. UPDATED
Here's what I wrote right after I viewed the video:
There are lots of YouTube videos about Banksy, but now there's one on which the stealth artist himself appears to have collaborated, providing his own voiceover narration as the camera captures him in the act. As described by today's Daily Mail (which still has screenshots from the video):
He ends by stating that he's "in the entertainment business and also in the start-a-revolution business. And a bit of both is probably ideal."The clip features an interview with a man who, in a thick West Country accent, claims to be the anonymous guerrilla artist, and follows him around London as he creates several works.
In keeping with the Bristol-born artist's desire to keep his identity secret, the face of the man in the film is never seen, and he wears a large hat throughout.
I like this chap, who seems to be the real deal. But you'll have to decide for yourself (UPDATE: Now you can't. Maybe Banksy decided for us.):
UPDATE CONTINUED: The video, which seemed professionally produced, had been posted a week ago by "dog666fighter," a 25-year-old from Great Britain, and had logged 1,007 views.
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