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Famous conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner, quoted from a 1972 talk published in Artists Talk, edited by Peggy Gale, (Halifax: NSCAD Press) 2004, p.94
"Guerilla theatre is probably the most elitist, most dangerous form of political response known, because it's generally done by comfortable middle-class people and imposed upon working-class areas. The one thing in working-class areas that's the most highly prized is peace and quiet, because the econonmic conditions really are not conducive to it. When a middle-class person is propagating quote unquote, liberation—which is a vile word, because it means that you're better than the person you are liberating—he marches into working class neighbourhoods saying, 'Liberate yourself, man, set yourself free....' The poor bastard gets up, he's worked all night, and looks out the window and says, "Could you please keep quiet," and they say, "Fuck off man, you're just uptight." That's guerilla theatre. And he's totally justified in taking a shotgun and shooting him."