Too Banal For B.E.T.
Nick Haramis
May 02, 2008
"When Hermione from the Harry Potter movies gets old enough, I will have sexual intercourse with her." We laughed a little. "Racism. It's otay!" At this point, we can appreciate that poster art creator Jayson Scott Musson is skewering pop culture for its stereotypical representations of race. By the time we get to, "Suck my dick you two dollar Noam Chomsky stunt double," we're a bit tired of the whole thing. The intellectual who postures himself as edgy artiste because he's willing to appeal to the lowest common denominator has been done before. Even with a peppering of spot-on satire—Katrinaland signals some depth amid this decidedly controversial offal—Musson's Too Black For B.E.T.: Episodes I & II seems inauthentically juvenile.
Scat jokes alongside Heidegger references meant to poke holes at social injustice? The juxtaposition has been exhausted by everyone from Kara Walker and Amiri Baraka to Jonathan Swift and John Wilmot. The press release reads, “It’s as if Musson made a pact with Satan, and Satan, taking a liking to Mr. Musson’s dour disposition, gave the artist dark powers which no mortal should possess.” Somewhere, amid the fire and all those layers of hell, Satan is yawning.
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