Apparently Murphy actually wears this makeup for one of his roles in Coming to America, a character named Saul.
I haven’t seen it… does it work?
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I can’t help thinking about the backlash if a white actor transformed into a Black character…
Then again, this was done in the 1980s. Maybe they wouldn’t do this either in 2025.
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I tell myself to just lighten up about it…. But then I think of Mickey Rooney playing horrible stereotyped Japanese in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and Peter Sellars’ fake Indian in…. what was that movie?
Oh yeah, The Party… and how I thought they were awful at the time…
The last time I saw this picture (It’s been around a while), the description was that this cat ‘hunts’ leaves and brings in her ‘kill’ to show her owner.
The “later” in the last paragraph is significant… As I understand it, her patent wasnt used and she wasnt credited for her work, when other people designed the sonar actually used in WWII…
But later, it was recognized as a forerunner to other, modern, technology, and used for those things.
Frank Sinatra (a bit hard to recognize here, IMHO) and Virna Lisi (whom I wouldn’t recognize anyway, sorry, Virna) from the above film.
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The Barber Adagio for Strings was originally a movement from a string quartet. It proved to be so popular that Barber orchestrated it and it has become a stand-alone concert piece in that form. It was played over the radio airwaves nationwide when FDR died.
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This frog’s got guts. I have to give him that.
Heart too…
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Yikes.
Apparently Murphy actually wears this makeup for one of his roles in Coming to America, a character named Saul.
I haven’t seen it… does it work?
…
I can’t help thinking about the backlash if a white actor transformed into a Black character…
Then again, this was done in the 1980s. Maybe they wouldn’t do this either in 2025.
….
I tell myself to just lighten up about it…. But then I think of Mickey Rooney playing horrible stereotyped Japanese in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and Peter Sellars’ fake Indian in…. what was that movie?
Oh yeah, The Party… and how I thought they were awful at the time…
And no, I don’t want to go back.
then there was Marlon Brando in ‘Teahouse of the August Moon’
Horrid.
Even then.
Yet “Black Like Me” became a landmark for desegregation. (It’s probably banned now)
It’s not banned… I think people respect the intent, and that he doesn’t stereotype either side.
It’s still weird though, IMHO.
Who could refuse that face?
The last time I saw this picture (It’s been around a while), the description was that this cat ‘hunts’ leaves and brings in her ‘kill’ to show her owner.
spoilsport!
Pony, Montana-1939
That’s “Hedley.”
She hated that, and tried to sue Mel Brooks, but I don’t think it went anywhere.
The “later” in the last paragraph is significant… As I understand it, her patent wasnt used and she wasnt credited for her work, when other people designed the sonar actually used in WWII…
But later, it was recognized as a forerunner to other, modern, technology, and used for those things.
Miguel Freitas
Another Miguel Frietas… But probably not Toronto this time 😁
Possibly Winnipeg?
That famous suburb, Winnipeg-on-the-Water, with its lovely canals and white sand beaches 🙄
That’s why it’s nicknamed “Summerpeg…”
Wasn’t he with the Beatles at one point?
You are what you eat…
He eats rainbows?
And he looks kinda seedy…
Took me a minute to realize the bird is brown, actually brown and yellow.
He’s standing in rainbow light from a crystal or a prism, or maybe just a beveled edge on the window.
His cute topknot is real, though, and enough of a claim to fame.
He’s a Gloster canary, a tiny singing bird often kept as a pet.
They’re generally yellow with brown “hair”…. but can be all yellow, or mostly brown.
I want one! (So does Happy…)
Got me thinkin’, Rolling Stones…
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It made me think of that too… Dropping colors everywhere … she combs her hair…
Didn’t they used to hide microfilm in there?
Finally! Somebody who knows ships!
Strange, I couldn’t find a citation for this painting. Any leads, Susan?
Detail of Night: Seaport by Moonlight
Joseph Vernet
Yes… I’d already posted about it on tomorrow.
There’s more to the story!
Is there supposed to be a discernible theme?
Bad composition?
Making the very blond Brad Pitt look like one of the darkest ones?
Finding unflattering photos of beautiful women?
gosh, I don’t think those are unflattering photos of those beautiful women..
perhaps Betty Davis–but she still has her ‘Betty Davis Eyes’
hm. that reminds me of a song….
I thought it was a horrible angle for Sandra Bullock.
Angelina Jolie and Julia Roberts look OK, but almost unrecognizable, and Elizabeth Taylor looks pale white.
Not the worst pictures, but nobody bothered evening out the flesh tones and lighting.
I had even more trouble with the boys — way out of character, those I could recognize!
We’ve been doing so many of these I think
Top: Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie, Sandra Bullock, Robert De Niro, Patrick Swayze
Middle: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwartzenegger
Bottom: half a face, then Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Bette Davis, Marlon Brando
This is not a skill I’m particularly proud of.
There are a lot of more useful or impressive things I could have learned to recognize besides movie stars.
Half face … Brigitte Bardot …what male could not recognize that eye .
Moi?
You think bugs are any better?
Of the three words I come up with,
Yeah
C also makes genre
Oh….
I kind of reject that answer because green beans are a type of beans and “baked beans” is a preparation… But I don’t see anything else.
Susan’s surmise is correct. ( I’m in agreement with her observation / poor puzzle).
This is…
Frank Sinatra (a bit hard to recognize here, IMHO) and Virna Lisi (whom I wouldn’t recognize anyway, sorry, Virna) from the above film.
The Barber Adagio for Strings was originally a movement from a string quartet. It proved to be so popular that Barber orchestrated it and it has become a stand-alone concert piece in that form. It was played over the radio airwaves nationwide when FDR died.
I thinkweposted at the same time.
The original, and as far as im concerned the best, version is for a quartet.
Its amazing what four competent musicians can pull out of that piece.
VetShopAustralia Surfing Dog Championships 2025
With their weight, and low center of gravity, they’re probably good at staying on a board.
Unless a hamburger swims by…