The Null Device

John Safran has written a pretty savvy piece on political cream-pie throwing, its long and honourable history and trends for the future.

"Le Pieman" wasn't trying to smash the state, just prick the bubble of pretension. Arthouse director Jean-Luc Godard. Splat! Philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy. Bam! Choreographer Maurice Bejart. Pif! Like some sort of psychoyobbo at a arthouse festival, Godin went after anything in a beret.

This new pie war seems to be riding the same wave as other sorts of culturejamming - like parodies of multinational websites - which attempt to put new variations on Yippiestyle stunts.

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