Basquiat

Basquiat really showed the bad side of the art world, a side I had never contemplated before. For instance, when Basquiat was sleeping in the box outside and Rene was on the bench, Rene didn’t even acknowledge him when he stepped out of his box. They ran into each other a few more times without any conversation or acknowledgement. Until they were both at a party and Basquiot had some of his work there, Rene saw it and all of the sudden, he cared who that grubby looking black boy was. That’s so superficial. Then Rene took him under his wing, but once everyone heard that Basquiat was the hot new thing, they all wanted a piece. The same people, who had shunned him not too long ago, were now groveling at his feet. It seemed that in the beginning of all this hype, he resented the fakeness of everyone, but later I think it seemed like he was getting quite arrogant. He forgot about the people who knew him before he was a celebrated artist, he treated them horribly once he started getting recognition. He cheated on his girlfriend with Madonna, and then gave her Madonna’s scarf, that was really messed up. I didn’t really feel happy for him when he got recognition as an artist, he seemed like kind of a jerk. Although, I did feel bad for him when people started treating him badly, like when Parker Posey was telling him that she would come by on Wednesday instead of talking to him that moment, I felt bad for him. And when Christopher Walkin was giving him an interview, I could feel the tenseness and how upset Baquiat was, it really

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