The callowness of the media is the subject on another highlight of the documentary section of this year’s Revelation, The Art of the Prank, an account of the colourful career of famed new York artist and hoaxer Joey Skaggs.
…Astutely, this run through of Skaggs’ most memorable ruses, each of which reveals not simply the gullibility of the media but the general public’s appetite for the silliness he’s peddling, is framed by his latest stunt…
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WAY before those Jackass man-children went on their years-long parade of juvenile pranks and stunts, there was Joey Skaggs.
The polar opposite of that loud, brash and obnoxious ragtag team of envelope pushers, Skaggs is a quiet, likeable fellow who put more thought and effort into one prank than what was put into a whole series of Jackass…
Amusing and surprising, Art of the Prank serves as a reminder to journalists to double-check their contacts because you never know when you are being Punk’d. |
EXCLUSIVE: The 6th Annual Lower East Side Film Festival and their 2016 panel of judges, including Ethan Hawke, Cindy Tolan, Steve Farneth and Raul Castillo have announced their winners… Best of Fest, The LESFF Prix D’Or–
“Art of the Prank”–By Andrea Marini |
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Art of the Prank was hysterical, sometimes shocking and ridiculous, but mostly inspiring and thought provoking. The media influences us daily and Joey, through his art, reminds us: Don’t believe everything you’re told. |
A new documentary detailing the greatest hits of Skaggs’ hoaxing career opened up the Lower East Side Film Festival on Thursday night. Art of the Prank, directed by Italian newcomer Andrea Marini, is both an upbeat summary of decades of mischief,… and an intimate portrait of an earnest man earnestly engaged in the business of tomfoolery. |
Some documentaries have a interesting idea or subject and fail to deliver that in an entertaining manner. Fortunately, Art of the Prank is both entertaining as well as very, very enlightening. Joey Skaggs is an intriguing and relatable individual. He wants to make changes in the world, and can do that through the way he knows best. |
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New Yorkers best beware because Skaggs is back in town, although he claims not to have any tricks up his sleeve—at least for the time being. Tomorrow, Art of the Prank, a new documentary about Skaggs’ extensive and ever-thriving career, will open the Lower East Side Film Festival. The Festival, which got its start in 2011, marks an appropriate setting for the film, as the Brooklyn-native performed many of his first pranks on the Lower East Side… |
The Lower East Side Film Festival is kicking off their 2016 lineup Thursday night with Art of the Prank, an excellent documentary about the multimedia satirist Joey Skaggs. Skaggs, a former downtown NY artist who studied, and later taught, at SVA, is considered by many to be the godfather of the media hoax. His live antics are witty theatrical events that spring out of social activism and wry commentary, often involving a large team of co-conspirators that stay “in character” for months at a time…The film won a special jury mention at the 2016 Slamdance Film Festival and has screened in festivals internationally since then, but this is its New York premiere. Both Skaggs and the director, Andrea Marini will be in attendance on Thursday evening. |
…The headliner for opening night is the premier of The Art of the Prank, about a mischievous LES artist who loves nothing more than exposing the media’s hunger for sensational story with outrageous tall tales that sound just (barely) plausible enough to swallow. Lambasting the media has certainly been in fashion this election season, but no one has been doing it longer and in better style than Joey Skaggs… |
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In September 2015, we wrote about Art of the Prank, a full-length documentary about legendary prankster Joey Skaggs and his hilariously glorious history of manipulating the media. Since that time, the film has played internationally to great acclaim… |
Legendary New York prankster Joey Skaggs (check out his crazy Wikipedia page) is the subject of the opening-night film, Art of the Prank, well-reviewed on the festival circuit. |
Legendary New York prankster Joey Skaggs (check out his crazy Wikipedia page) is the subject of the opening-night film, Art of the Prank, well-reviewed on the festival circuit. |
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