The Family Fang Page #3

- Whoo!

They seemed to have

no expectations

other than to willfully

cause unrest.

[inaudible]

[audience gasping]

This kind of event

is so rudimentary,

so unencumbered

by the traditions

that have come before it,

that it almost

strains the notion

of what constitutes art.

- The Fangs.

That's just a gimmick.

- That's all that is.

- [laughs]

You can... that's not fair.

I mean, you know, whether or not

you like the Fangs' work,

you can't deny

the artistry, certainly.

- What? Of course I can.

That's my job.

Look, the Fangs

pass off these hollow pranks

as if that's enough.

You can say the same thing

about the diggers,

or the situationists,

or the Dadaists for that matter.

But if you care to look

a little deeper,

you'll find that the Fangs

transcend what...

They're not transcending

anything.

- It's just tricks.

- If...

in the... in the pageant piece,

they challenged gender

stereotypes.

In the restaurant piece,

they ask us to look at food

not as sustenance,

but as status or style.

- In some of the early...

- Oh, come on!

Just because... just because

you attach a statement

doesn't make it art,

you know?

You can call it art

but real art requires

an aesthetic intelligence.

- But that ambiguity

is what makes it

interesting.

Is it art or is it a joke?

Is it profound or is it a prank?

Are they geniuses

or charlatans?

These are the questions

that they want us to ask.

Well, they're not

too hard to answer.

And the Fangs are challenging

the very nature of art itself.

I don't think they are.

They embrace everything

that's wonderful about art,

and they subvert it

at the same time.

They are deeply serious

class clowns who celebrate...

"Clowns" is right, yeah.

I'm sorry.

What were you saying?

I... I think what they're doing

is wonderful.

Well, I guess... I guess I just

don't get it.

Well, that's pretty obvious.

So the truth is

making a movie is really...

it's a strange process,

you know?

Always requires some sort

of degree of weirdness.

Is that why

you took off your top?

I took off my top

because...

well, because I wanted to prove

to myself that I could do it.

I've never done a nude scene

before, so what the hell, right?

[laughs]

Did Sally tell you

that this was...

[sighs]

This is a very important

article for me.

- No, she didn't. I know.

Yeah.

They say I'm in a bit of a...

I don't know.

Precarious position

right now career-wise,

and then I have to,

I don't know...

but I'm not stable.

You don't have to worry

about that.

- [whispering]

Thank you, but I do.

Obviously I do.

Well, you can relax,

because I don't care

about your meltdowns.

I'm actually more interested

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