When contemplating contemporary art, there is an ongoing race to the bottom of the barrel, and this fine piece of art is already there. It is as art as it gets.
That aside, it fails to portray the beauty of poverty in its simplicity as Kusturica does. Instead, the poor are portrayed as under-humans worthy of despise, and capable of improving their condition only through devious arts.
Dragojevic hates the poor. For him being poor is not just lack of resources, but a mental condition. The poor are capable of consuming the art only if it contains a nutritional value. Which brings us back to the bottom of the barrel thing: this kind of art is repulsive to all senses, and therefore should not exist.
That aside, it fails to portray the beauty of poverty in its simplicity as Kusturica does. Instead, the poor are portrayed as under-humans worthy of despise, and capable of improving their condition only through devious arts.
Dragojevic hates the poor. For him being poor is not just lack of resources, but a mental condition. The poor are capable of consuming the art only if it contains a nutritional value. Which brings us back to the bottom of the barrel thing: this kind of art is repulsive to all senses, and therefore should not exist.