Banksy: Cock.

Good God Banksy is a tedious cock whose art work is predictable and obvious. Take his intro to The Simpsons - described by The Guardian as follows:

The minute-long opening sequence begins almost as usual, but with Banksy's tag being sprayed across Springfield monuments, and a masked Bart writing "I must not write all over the walls" over the walls of his schoolroom.

It then pans to a dark, dilapidated factory where dozens of workers animate sketches of the family. Cats are shown being thrown into a wood chipper to create stuffing for merchandise such as Bart Simpson dolls. A unicorn, chained to the factory wall, is used to punch holes in DVDs.

The titles end with a grim image of the logo of the show's owner, 20th Century Fox, guarded by searchlights, a watchtower and a barbed wire fence.

Ooo, how original - how cutting edge. No-one has ever called 20th Century Fox bad before now, and no-one has ever pointed out that sweat-shops are appalling places to work. Hang on, what's that you say? People have made those points before now? Really? So Banksy isn't a cutting edge, subversive artist but actually a bit of a cock who makes really tedious points through his "art"?

Rather like The Simpsons these days, Banksy is a subversive icon only for middle class types who don't really like subversion but want to appear hip to their friends. At best, Banksy is well past his sell-by date and at worst, his "art" never really had a point beyond saying in a really obvious way "ooo, look - some stuff's bad".