Banksy Mural Now 100% Complete with Crack Text!

It's a comment on American greed, retards.



It's a play on 'Let the eat cake':


"The context in which it is attributed to Marie Antoinette is that of the French Revolution, during a famine caused by a bread shortage. Upon being alerted by a messenger that her people were starving due to having little bread to eat, she is said to have replied "Let them eat cake..."

Now that Wall Street is going to shit, the rats on the stock market floor are stuffing their money into their briefcases and bailing, taking a 'Let them eat crack' outlook on the lower classes. The umbrella and tie are merely the stereotypes of a business man, so as to drive in the fact that the rat represents Wall Street scum.

Yes it comparable the political works of Delacroix! it is so cutting edge! Count me in on the hate brigade-it sucks. It is shit! Fuck Banksy! Go back to art school or just stick to "tagging" trains or slums...

Yawn. I'd love to see you guys draw a giant rat wearing a tie and holding a briefcase and umbrella. Jus' sayin'.

I see it as more of a comment on American greed.

Yawn.

your bus pass awaits you.

Actually that's not a bad idea. They have better art in Iowa then that piece of rat shit.

move back to iowa snoop. please. you've got plenty of reasons. just go...

It's just so incredible and life-affirming! Bravo! Banksy is the greatest artist since...Thomas Kincaid.

That is so incredible. I'm lost for words. It should be landmarked along with the waterfalls in the East River.

But I have to admit this one looks a bit more Banksyish. If whoever's doing it keeps practicing they might get it.

Rfive you are 100% correct. Kind of like a faded 1870's Baldwin Belting sign on the side of a brick wall that is exposed for about two weeks before they put up another building next door. My great grandchildren will just pee in their pants when they see it exposed in 2088.

I'm not into deviant sexual practices, so I still don't get the "let them eat crack" line. Slang terminology doesn't last more than a half generation. So the people in 2088 will have the same question that I have, what does "let them eat crack" mean? Is it a play on cheap cocaine versus real cocaine?

Is the umbrella suppose to be a parachute?

Once that building goes up on Howard & Broadway, this rat will be sealed for decades. Imagine finding it in 2088. Tell me that won't have an impact on society...

haters....

none of you haters, matty, hitler, snoop (where's bitch-ass ides?)obviously understand art or the impact the current trends have on society.

let them eat crack? HE'S TALKING TO YOU!!! AND YOU GOT IT!

2 for 2.

Crack ain't that late 1980's talk?

Boring but I just guess we don't

have enough artists in NY to give

commissions too.

so cliche. not very banksy if you ask me. it's like art school freshman 101.

I dig it.

If the republicans are gonna keep us a third word country with devalued currency, no jobs, and a new crime wave, well...at least we'll have some cool shit on the walls again.

Bring more, Banksy!!!!!

I'm not a fan of "banksy" but I do enjoy this!

I prefer good art and not this horrendous shit

matty go back to chicago.

I prefer Bansky Rats to Calvin Klein.

that's pretty impressive.

much better than a giant nike ad.

awww. a wall street rat. a dying breed!

I would describe it subtle, witty and tasteful with a certain je ne sais quois that really makes me think deeply about what it is the artist is trying to say...

That is so incredible. I'm lost for words. It should be landmarked along with the waterfalls in the East River.

who gives a rat's ass about this shit anyways?

wow that's stupid.