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Graffiti: Fun or Dumb?

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The next time you have the urge to hit a train, ask yourself: is graffiti fun or dumb?According to this 1976 educational film, it's up to you to decide:

"Recently, some have labelled graffiti: ART. And indeed, it can be attractive, amusing, and interesting. Often graffiti is encouraged as decortion on certain walls, fences and sidewalks. It has even inspired art and literature. On the other hand, by almost any standards, graffiti is ugly. Some of it distasteful and a little of it offensive. Young people must decide: is graffitti FUN or is it DUMB?"

Thanks to Twitter follower @GregThomas44 for showing me this.

TAGS: 1976 / art / graffiti

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