BANKSY: AN ARTIST OR A VANDAL?

Art sometimes "challenges the public perspective". Are Banksy's famous graffiti works art or are they the desecration of public property?

Watch this video on Banksy's work and then discuss the questions below:

1. How many times has Banksy exhibited at the Bristol museum?

a) Many times

b) a few times

c) It's the first time

2. Banksy's work is usually seen ...

a) in the streets

b) in people's homes

c) in galleries and museums

3. Jackie thinks that Banksy's work 

a) makes people think

b) makes people angry

c) is illegal

4. Banksy's technique 

a) means that his work can be done very quickly

b) is unique

c) uses oil paint

5.Jackie says Banksy's work in Bristol was

a) controversial but very popular

b) provocative and no one liked it

c) destroyed by the council

6. Banksy's painting are 

a) against the government

b) supportive of the government

c) liked by the government

POST-LISTENING: Read this article http://ben-cluse.suite101.com/is-banksy-a-street-artist-or-vandal-a206556 and write a composition on your own views on the issue.

 

"GENERATION GAP": CAT STEVENS. FATHER AND SON

• Why do you think we have discussed this song in class?
• What are some of the problems which are a consequence of the "GENERATION GAP"? Is there a solution? What are your proposals?
• Have you ever had such a conversation with your father/mother?
• Do you feel that your parents (father/mother/both) don’t understand your willingness to break free from them, that they are too old to see life in the same light as you?
• Who do you agree most in the song: the father or the son's arguments?

"FILM RATINGS"

The Rating Board does not determine the content that may be included in motion pictures by filmmakers, nor does it evaluate the quality or social value of motion pictures.  By issuing a rating, it seeks to inform parents of the level of certain content in a motion picture (violence, sex, drugs, language, thematic material, adult activities, etc.) that parents may consider inappropriate for viewing by their children. What is the meaning of these ratings?

G
PG
PG-13
R
NC-17