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Am I Banksy?

Portlandia
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.

The setup

After a radio report about new graffiti downtown, Peter decides he must secretly be Banksy and insists on facing a judge for his crimes.

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The premise

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Over breakfast, Peter and Nance hear a news report about a fresh Banksy piece in downtown Portland showing Ronald McDonald with a cup of local coffee, and Peter grows certain that he painted it himself without realizing it. Nance points out that he cannot draw, so he proves his point with a stick figure. Determined to atone, Peter turns himself in and pleads his case in court while a sketch artist captures the proceedings. The judge, openly unimpressed, rules that Peter is not Banksy, and even fresh graffiti on the courthouse wall cannot persuade Peter that he is innocent. The judge asks to meet him by the new mural, where a hooded figure in an alley turns out to be the judge himself. He explains that Banksy is really a scheme to raise property values in poorer neighborhoods, and a relieved Peter celebrates as workers mount a frame around the mural.

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Highly quotable.

You may have noticed I haven't even touched my gavel today. That's the degree of seriousness we're treating this with.

Banksy is a construct to help build up the value of low-income neighborhoods.

You get a Banksy, you get a bean store. You get a bean restaurant.

The rabbit hole continues

One more couldn’t hurt.

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